The new approach looks at the distribution of molecular fragments in material, allowing for broad surveys in degraded ...

Recent scientific findings have brought to light the existence of ancient organisms, estimated to be around 40,000 years old, ...

Humanity can’t even figure out how to cryogenically freeze a single person for a short period of time. (Though NASA and Dippin’ Dots are both on the case.) But evolution has nailed keeping things ...

New research from Cambridge and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin has decoded the mystery of magnetic fossils left by an ancient ...

For more than 1 billion years, Earth’s waterways and oceans have been home to a collection of rocks. Nestled at the floor of of the water, these formations have grown over time, stumping scientists ...

Washington, DC— Pairing cutting-edge chemistry with artificial intelligence, a multidisciplinary team of scientists found ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

Artist's rendering of of two primordial eukaryotic organisms of the "Protosterol Biota" on the ocean floor. Based on molecular fossils, organisms of the Protosterol Biota lived in the oceans about 1.6 ...

A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examines the use of Softbotics to mimic the movements of the ancient marine organism, pleurocystitid, which is estimated ...

A collection of over 40,000 trees in rural Utah is the world’s largest single organism, having all descended from a single seedling. But that’s not all: According to a team of researchers, the ...

College of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University. (2023, November 6). 450-million-year-old organism finds new life in Softbotics. ScienceDaily. Retrieved October 29, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / ...