DNA building blocks on asteroid Ryugu, bacteria that eat plastic waste, and more science news

Remember when Japan sent a spacecraft to an asteroid 180 million miles away to scoop some dirt off the surface? Six years on ...
UUHC Health Feed

Beyond the Genome: Project to Map DNA Modifications and Gene Activity Across Lifespan, Generations

The Human Genome Project changed everything. A map of the entire human sequence of DNA was the starting point for an enormous number of discoveries, from disease genes to how humans evolved. But DNA ...
Singularity Hub

This Ambitious Project Wants to Sequence the DNA of All Complex Life on Earth

“We’re only just beginning to understand the full majesty of life on Earth,” wrote the founding members of the Earth BioGenome Project in 2018. The ambitious project raised eyebrows when first ...
Scientific American

Could a smudge of DNA help unlock Leonardo da Vinci’s genius? A forensic scientist explains

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. It’s been more than 500 years since Leonardo da Vinci died. Yet, in those intervening ...
techtimes

CRISPR Technology Explained: The Science of Gene Editing, DNA Modification, and Genetic Engineering Ethics Uncovered

Discover how scientists are harnessing the power of CRISPR to precisely edit DNA, revolutionizing medicine and ethics as they rewrite the very code of life. Pixabay, PublicDomainPictures CRISPR ...
The Conversation

Improving Arctic food security through DNA science and respectful collaboration with Indigenous Peoples

Srijak Bhatnagar's work presented here is funded by a grant from Genome Canada and Genome Alberta, with additional support from Polar Knowledge Canada. Shivangi Mishra does not work for, consult, own ...