Ancient DNA reveals Ice Age mammals thrived after volcanic eruption

For the first time, scientists have used DNA preserved in ancient sediments to examine how a major natural disaster affected ...
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DNA Study Reveals Carrier of World's Earliest-Known Plague

A plague that swept through Eurasia for 2,000 years – millennia before the Black Death of the Middle Ages – has only ever been detected in human remains, until now. For decades, it has been unclear ...

Cornwall ocean study highlights value of low-cost eDNA tests

Environmental DNA (eDNA) tests can identify genetic material left by organisms in the environment, such as cells and ...
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NASA Finds the Building Blocks of DNA in Samples From Distant Asteroid, But Also… Gum

It's been two years since the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft returned home with exactly 4.3 ounces (121.6 grams) of ...