Phage G genome: AI analysis maps out world's largest cultivated bacteria-killing virus

Through cutting-edge methods and advanced artificial intelligence analysis, UNC Charlotte researchers leading a ...

Spiders inspire biologists to create artificial webs to capture airborne DNA for biodiversity monitoring

The global crisis of diminishing biological diversity is challenging our current ability to monitor changes in ecosystems.
NPR

Scientists want to track the world's biodiversity using DNA in the air

Outside her cabin in northern Belize, Elizabeth Clare, a biodiversity scientist at York University, walks along a path. Everywhere she looks, it's teeming with life. "There's hibiscus flowers over ...
Science Daily

DNA floating in the air tracks wildlife, viruses -- even drugs

In the heart of Dublin, scientists have discovered that the air holds more than melodies and Guinness-infused cheer it carries invisible traces of life, from wildlife to drugs and even human diseases.
Nature

Environmental DNA Metabarcoding and Biodiversity Assessment

Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding has emerged as a transformative approach in the assessment of biodiversity. By extracting DNA directly from complex environmental samples—such as water, soil, or ...
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 ...
The New York Times

Franklin W. Stahl, 95, Dies; Helped Create a ‘Beautiful’ DNA Experiment

He and a colleague proved a theory advanced by the Nobel Prize winners James Watson and Francis Crick, who discovered DNA’s helical structure. By Delthia Ricks Franklin W. Stahl, a molecular biologist ...