An analysis of the bones and teeth of ancient mammoths (Mammuthus) has identified some of the microorganisms that lived in ...

Using metagenomic screening — a technique for sequencing genetic material in samples that contain genomes from a mixture of ...

Bacteria have long been a key source of lifesaving antibiotics, but most species cannot be grown in the lab—leaving their ...

The giant DNA loops were discovered through a careful study of saliva samples from 56 volunteers, with further tests ...

Scientists have made a remarkable discovery hidden within the remains of mammoths that roamed Earth more than a million years ...

More than a decade ago, scientists harnessed a bacterial molecular machine that identifies and cuts specific sections of DNA, ...

An international team led by researchers at the Center for Paleogenetics, has uncovered microbial DNA preserved in woolly and steppe mammoth remains dating back more than one million years. The ...

Also, there’s still no easy way to test AI designs of larger genomes. While some viruses can ‘boot up’ just from a DNA strand ...

Scientists have uncovered microbial DNA preserved in mammoth remains dating back more than one million years, revealing the oldest host-associated microbial DNA ever recovered. By sequencing nearly ...

AI designed new bacteriophages that killed E. coli in lab tests, promising advances but raising safety concerns.

Researchers have discovered previously unknown antibiotic resistance genes using a new method that is capable of isolating ...