Star Wars-inspired bacterium provides clue to cell evolution
A bacterium with a name from Star Wars may have solved the mystery of how our cells obtained mitochondria.
DNA barcodes reveal fish fraud and quack medicines
Species can now be fingerprinted using a snippet of their DNA.
Living organisms shaped by a common mechanism
The shape of our bodies is determined in less than two days.
Was the Black Death the ancestor of all plagues?
Scientists have been investigating the DNA of the bacterium that caused the Black Death over 600 years ago.
Brain stem cells to treat multiple sclerosis
Researchers have found the genes that differentiate into stem cells that make myelin.
Lungfish provide insight into terrestrial evolution
Australia’s living fossil has given scientists an insight into the development of our hind legs.
Climate-proofing crops
There is a window for crop adaption against the effects of climate change, according to scientists.
New dolphin species discovered in Victoria
The coastal dolphins of Southern Australia have been formally recognised as a new species of bottlenose dolphin.
