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One trillion species, 3 billion years: How we used AI to trace the evolution of bacteria on Earth

There are roughly a trillion species of microorganisms on Earth—the vast majority of which are bacteria.

Plants & Animals Apr 4, 2025

New guide seeks to advance DNA library of marine species

A team of scientists has created a new guide to advance standards for collecting and cataloging DNA from marine species, enhancing a revolutionary method for monitoring ocean biodiversity.

Biotechnology Apr 3, 2025

Fluorescent biosensor tracks plant RNA in real time for better crops and biosecurity

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed the first-ever method of detecting ribonucleic acid, or RNA, inside plant cells using a technique that results in a visible fluorescent signal. The technology can ...

Biotechnology Apr 3, 2025

Scientists develop a way to scale up spatial genomics and lower costs

Spatial transcriptomics technologies opened the door for new kinds of biological measurements, allowing scientists to generate detailed maps of where genes are expressed in tissue. But most methods rely on expensive and time-intensive ...

Evolution Apr 3, 2025

E. coli evolutionary map could lead to precision medicine against antibiotic resistance

The first-of-its-kind in-depth bacterial evolutionary map could pave the way for the development of precision treatments for certain antibiotic-resistant infections, such as urinary tract infections.

Plants & Animals Apr 3, 2025

Corpse flowers' survival at risk due to spotty recordkeeping

Commonly called the "corpse flower," Amorphophallus titanum is endangered for many reasons, including habitat destruction, climate change and encroachment from invasive species.

Molecular & Computational biology Apr 2, 2025

Unlocking nature's code: Researchers draw parallels between AI models and genetic encoding

In a new paper published in the journal Trends in Genetics researchers from the University of Vermont and Trinity College Dublin propose an innovative analogy between AI models and genetic encoding to help us understand how ...

Archaeology Apr 2, 2025

First ancient genomes from the Green Sahara deciphered

An international team led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, has sequenced the first ancient genomes from the so-called Green Sahara, a period when the largest ...

Archaeology Apr 1, 2025

Stone tool discovery shows people in East Asia were innovating during the Middle Paleolithic

New technologies today often involve electronic devices that are smaller and smarter than before. During the Middle Paleolithic, when Neanderthals were modern humans' neighbors, new technologies meant something quite different: ...

Archaeology Apr 1, 2025

Ancient tombs in Anatolia suggest reverence for youth preceded elite burials

University College London, the University of Central Lancashire, Ege University, and other institutions have discovered that radical inequality existed in burial practices among teenagers in Early Bronze Age Anatolia, predating ...

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