Hamilton O. Smith, Who Made a Biotech Breakthrough, Is Dead at 94

A Nobel laureate, he identified an enzyme that cuts DNA, laying the groundwork for milestones in scientific research and ...

One experiment, two insights: Sequencing method reveals both genome proteins and their positions

A team from the Andalusian Center for Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine (CABIMER) has developed an innovative ...

10-thousand-year-old genomes from southern Africa change picture of human evolution

In southern Africa, a group of people lived in partial isolation for hundreds of thousands of years. This is shown in a new ...
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Large Scientific Collaborations Aim to Complete Human Genome

Thirty years out from the start of the Human Genome Project, researchers have finally finished sequencing the full 3 billion bases of a person’s genetic code. But even a complete reference genome has ...
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Analysis: Fossil-fuel CO2 emissions to set new record in 2025, as land sink ‘recovers’

Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuels and cement will rise around 1.1% in 2025, reaching a record 38.1bn tonnes of CO2 (GtCO2), according to the latest figures from the Global Carbon ...