Today we tell about the development of what scientists are calling a synthetic cell - a cell produced by people instead of by nature.

VOA: special.2010.07.20

To many people,the ability of a cell to reproduce itself is the definition of life itself.

VOA: special.2010.07.20

Telomeres are necessary for a cell to divide.

VOA: special.2009.10.07

"We have one project called bee-spotters, which is now restricted to Illinois, where we ask people to go out with a digital camera,even a cell phone, and photograph either bumblebees or honeybees."

VOA: special.2011.05.24

The CellScope is a cell phone microscope.

VOA: special.2009.08.03

"We are here today to announce the first synthetic cell -- a cell made by starting with the digital code in the computer, building the chromosome from four bottles of chemicals, assembling that chromosome in yeast, transplanting it into a recipient bacterial cell and transforming that cell into a new bacterial species."

VOA: special.2010.07.20

Jennings says talking on the phone and reaching for a cell phone "is akin to having four beers and driving."

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

"Reaching for a cell phone when it's going off, you're nine times more likely to get into an accident than normally driving."

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

Kevin Schumann,19, was one of the drivers. First,he drove without a cell phone, and was able to easily navigate around the cones and dolls.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

But then he was given a cell phone and asked to start texting.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

They don't want him to go out. He's been in jail for more than 20 years now and the maximum rule is to keep him inside a cell.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

Can a cell phone or computer bring down a regime?

VOA: standard.2010.03.09

Apple fans and enthusiasts were eager to finally purchase an iPad,a tablet computer with a touch-screen that Apple claims will "bridge the gap" between a cell phone and a laptop computer.

VOA: standard.2010.04.03

"The three laureates have accomplished what many scientists thought impossible, namely to determine the three- dimensional structure of the molecular machine that makes all the proteins in a cell, the so-called ribosome,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.07