The disbanded BBC Radiophonic Workshop, a pioneering force in sound effects, celebrates its 50th birthday this month.

Famed physicist Stephen Hawking didn't need his voice synthesizer to express how he felt about experiencing weightlessness in a zero-gravity simulating aeroplane.

Scientists are perfecting a cheap way to synthesise a highly effective malaria drug.

A new play about sibling rivalry features the lead actress performing her role using a synthesised voice.

Composer and friend Wendy Carlos joins fans at a memorial to sythesiser pioneer Dr Robert Moog.

Synthesiser pioneer Dr Robert Moog, who inspired bands such as the Beach Boys, dies aged 71.

Dr Robert Moog's most famous invention, the electronic synthesiser which bears his name, revolutionised music from the 1960s onwards.

Craig Venter - one of the scientists behind the sequencing of the human genetic code - aims to construct a living organism from a kit of genes.

BBC News Online examines the significance of the experiment to build the first synthetic copy of the polio virus.

Songwriter Burt Bacharach, composer Karlheinz Stockhausen and synthesizer pioneer Robert Moog share Sweden's Polar Music Prize.

Scientists will have the technology to create an artificial virus within the next five years, a conference in the US is told.

Scientists are developing the engineering expertise that will enable them to create synthetic lifeforms within the next decade.

A Welsh electronic engineer is taking the musical world by storm with his Little Infinite Frequency Expander synthesiser - of which bands Pulp and The Verve are already fans.