Scientists Reveal Genetic Roadmap to Building an Entire Organism
Whether a worm, a human, or a blue whale, all multicellular life begins as a single-celled egg. From this solitary cell emerges the galaxy of…
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Scientists Create a More Precise Technique to Edit Genomes of Living Organisms
In a newly published study, researchers from Yale University report they have created a more precise and efficient technology to edit the genomes of living…
Scientists Pinpoint Lowest Temperature Limit for Life on Earth
In a new study, scientists reveal that -20°C (-4°F) is the lowest temperature at which simple life can live and grow on Earth. The study,…
First Whole-Cell Computational Model of the Life Cycle of an Organism
Using data from more than 900 scientific papers, a team of Stanford researchers produced the first whole-cell computational model of the life cycle of the…
Coronacollina Acula, Oldest Organism With Skeleton Discovered
Paleontologists found the remains of what appears to be the oldest animal with a Skeleton. Scientists believe the organism, Coronacollina acula, lived on the seafloor…
Trip to Rainforest Yields Organisms Capable of Degrading Polyurethane
Yale undergraduates participating in Yale’s Rainforest Expedition and Laboratory course had their findings on organisms capable of degrading polyurethane published in the journal Applied and…
Researchers Discover Remains of Possibly Earliest Known Ancestor
While doing geological research in the Namibian desert, scientists believe they uncovered proof of the first animal to have existed on Earth. The sponge-like fossil,…
Researchers May Be Able to Sequence Genomes of Any Microbes
Until now, researchers could only sequence the genomes of microbes in two ways. They could sequence it directly, which requires growing the organism in a…