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In 1836, a pangolin from Nepal entered a London museum collection. 190 years later, scientists sequenced its preserved DNA and confirmed Manis aurita as a distinct species, giving conservationists a new tool against poachingA nearly 190-year-old specimen has unveiled a new pangolin species in Nepal and India, marking a significant stride in the understanding of...- In 1991, a Norwegian geologist found one ancient polar bear bone. 34 years later, 6,000 bones revealed a 75,000-year-old Arctic communityA polar bear rib led to the discovery of an ancient Arctic animal community. Researchers examined over six thousand bone fragments using DN...
- In 1864, a bottle of Guinness was brewed under Queen Victoria; 162 years later, divers recovered it from a shipwreck, where its preserved yeast may help recreate the taste of Victorian stoutA 162-year-old Guinness bottle has been pulled from a shipwreck in the English Channel, opening a rare window into Victorian brewing. The s...
- In 2014, scientists compared EPAS1 DNA from 40 Tibetans and 40 Han Chinese and linked a high-altitude adaptation to Denisovan-like ancestry. 12 years later, the finding traced the genetic gift to an interbreeding event about 48,700 years agoIn 2014, scientists found a remarkable clue in Tibetan DNA. They compared the EPAS1 gene in 40 Tibetans and 40 Han Chinese and uncovered a ...
- North America saved its bison from extinction. Now scientists face a new threatBison numbers have recovered after near extinction, but genetic diversity is now a concern. Fragmented herds lack natural gene exchange, po...
- Scientists used AI to create 16 new viruses that never existed in nature; they worked and now experts fear how the technology could be usedResearchers have successfully used artificial intelligence to design entirely new viruses. These laboratory-tested viruses function as inte...
- Scientists use AI to create viruses that don’t exist in nature for the first timeScientists have designed and created new viruses using artificial intelligence. These AI-designed bacteriophages successfully replicated an...
- What was so special about Wrangel and St. Paul islands, where Woolly Mammoths survived until their extinction? Scientists revealed the answer two decades agoFor years, scientists believed the last woolly mammoths disappeared because inbreeding and genetic decline made survival impossible. A land...
- ICAR genome breakthrough opens door to improved pigeonpea varietiesThe newly developed T2T genome sequence contains 752.65 million base pairs of DNA assembled into 92 contigs, providing a complete represent...
- Snakes once had legs: Here's how they lost them 100 million years agoHow snakes lost their legs: A buried skull in Patagonia, a broken genetic switch, and the ghost legs still hiding inside pythons, scientist...
- China expanded solar panels across its grasslands; nine years later, the plants above and microbes below had both changedA recent study reveals solar panels significantly alter grassland ecosystems. These installations change plant diversity and soil microbial...
- Scientists develop new CRISPR tool that can program cancer cells to self-destructScientists developed a new CRISPR technology that targets specific RNA molecules. This breakthrough allows for the selective destruction of...
- Why some smokers don't develop lung cancer, while non-smokers do: New study reveals direct evidenceNew research reveals how inherited genetics impact DNA damage from exposures. This study provides direct evidence explaining why cancer ris...
- How Australia’s Brown Tree snakes reached Guam after World War II and left biologists baffled by the invasionBrown tree snakes, an invasive species on Guam, have baffled biologists for years. Their population is believed to have started with only a...
- Mandrake Bio raises Rs 16 crore to build AI-powered gene-editing platform for agriculture, medicineBengaluru startup Mandrake Bio secured sixteen crore rupees in new funding. This capital will expand their AI and biophysics teams for plat...
- Scientists looked inside cockroach DNA, and found something they never expectedCockroaches harbor ancient bacterial DNA, a new study reveals. Researchers discovered thousands of tiny DNA fragments from Blattabacterium ...
- Scientists believed 'junk DNA' served no purpose but a new study says some of it actually helps stop cancer cells from growingJunk DNA cancer study: Researchers from Arizona State University and an international team have found that so-called junk DNA molecules, kn...
- Did malaria, not poison, kill the Medici brothers? New DNA evidence answers a 400-year-old mysteryCenturies-old rumors of Francesco de Medici's murder have been debunked by DNA analysis. Scientists discovered that both Francesco and his ...
- Scientists found an 8-year-old Neanderthal child in a Belgian cave, and the molar DNA found is said to be the oldest human genetic code ever sequenced, turning one hillside into a rare window on our deep pastA young Neanderthal girl, the "Scladina child," unearthed in Belgium, has revolutionized our understanding of these ancient relatives. Her ...
- Deeptech startup BioCompute is moving out of India; founder explains whyFounded in 2024, BioCompute is developing DNA-based data storage technology that converts digital data into synthetic DNA sequences, enabli...
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