Using gold to read cancer’s messages
A novel blood test that uses gold nanoparticles to detect cancer has also been shown…
genetics
Discovery at ‘flower burial’ site could unravel mystery of Neanderthal death rites
The first articulated Neanderthal skeleton to come out of the ground for over 20 years…
Computer-generated genomes
All organisms on our planet store the molecular blueprint of life in a DNA code…
‘Ghost’ of mysterious hominin found in West African genomes
Ancestors of modern West Africans interbred with a yet-undiscovered species of archaic human, similar to…
Huge bacteria-eating viruses close gap between life and non-life
Scientists have discovered hundreds of unusually large, bacteria-killing viruses with capabilities normally associated with living…
How plants in the cabbage family look inward when sulfur is scarce
New research from Kyushu University in Japan provides a better understanding of how chemicals thought…
KAUST global research team first to observe inherited DNA expressions
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, a graduate research university of science and technology…
The hornwort genome and early land plant evolution
Bryophytes are a group of plants that include mosses, liverworts and hornworts. They are often…
New study identifies Neanderthal ancestry in African populations and describes its origin
When the first Neanderthal genome was sequenced, using DNA collected from ancient bones, it was…
Humans not always to blame for genetic diversity loss in wildlife
Conservationists should be wary of assuming that genetic diversity loss in wildlife is always caused…