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Fragments of mitochondrial DNA can be added to the cell's main genomewir0man/Getty Images Mutations in which DNA from energy-producing mitochondria is mistakenly added to a cell's…

Shewanella oneidensis Bacteria may be able to remove antibiotic resistance genes from wastewater Ella Maru Studio/Science Photo Library Bacteria engineered to destroy DNA can remove more than 99 percent of antibiotic resistance genes from wastewater, potentially slowing the spread of antibiotic resistance. Pathogens can absorb resistance genes released into the environment by damaged or dead

In 1968, biologists Paul and Anne Ehrlich, a married couple, Population explosion frightening prospects of ecological disaster to come. Population growth must be slowed or reversed,…

Lasers could provide cooling effect in quantum experiments Mike Schott/Shutterstock In the strange world of quantum mechanics, nothing is never actually absent, and now it turns out that nothing, or the absence of photons, can be used to cool objects. One of the most common ways scientists cool objects is with lasers: when a particle

AI programs quickly lose the ability to learn new thingsJiefeng Jiang/iStockphoto/Getty Images The algorithms that underpin artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT are unable to learn as…

The oldest known fragment on Earth? A 4.4 billion year old zircon John Valley, University of Wisconsin-Madison Until recently, many people discounted the idea of life…