Animals are disappearing from the planet at an alarming rate. Each day, an estimated 200 species go extinct. Some of the ...

Every living organism has its own genetic "blueprint": the source code for how it grows, functions and reproduces. This blueprint is known as a genome. When scientists sequence a genome, they identify ...

Key points Genomics delves into the genetic make-up of organisms, which helps us understand how they work.With new ...

Haoyu Cheng, Ph.D., assistant professor of biomedical informatics and data science at Yale School of Medicine, has developed a new algorithm capable of building complete human genomes using standard ...

Bacteria frozen for thousands of years could hold the key to developing new antibiotics, researchers have found.

Whether it’s the ocean’s deepest hydrothermal vents or tall mountain peaks, bacteria is likely surviving and thriving. Ice caves can host a wide variety of microorganisms and offer biologists a bevy ...

Researchers from the University of Bonn have shown that children of cleanup workers at the power plant have an increased ...

Scientists have discovered bacteria frozen in an ancient underground ice cave that is resistant to 10 modern antibiotics. Ice ...

A strain of bacteria found in a Romanian ice cave is resistant to ten modern antibiotics, according to a new study. View on ...

When he was just a teenager trying to decide what to do with his life, César de la Fuente compiled a list of the world’s ...

SCIENTISTS have discovered an ancient bacterial strain resistant to multiple types of antibiotics – which could worsen the ...

Cancer genomics pioneer Prof Sir Mike Stratton has been awarded the 2026 Jessie Stevenson Kovalenko Medal by the Council of ...