The research, published in the journal Cell, opens a new window on past life. DNA is famously known as the genetic blueprint of living things, but RNA determines how those genes turn on in different ...

Recently, a remarkable discovery has been made. Ancient Chinese scrolls, well-preserved and steeped in history, are shedding new light on our understanding of optics. These ancient texts suggest an ...

XI'AN, China, Aug. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Xi'an in northwest China, where the ancient Silk Road began, now symbolizes China's fusion of heritage and innovation. Part of our "Into Tech Park" series, ...

Scientists have extracted the oldest RNA molecules out of a woolly mammoth, gaining a snapshot into the processes at work in ...

Google DeepMind’s Aeneas model uses AI to reconstruct damaged ancient Roman inscriptions with high accuracy. Its ability to fill in missing text, estimate origins, and connect similar inscriptions ...

On November 11, the 'Yangtze Culture Forum · Tiangong Kaiwu Culture Roundtable', themed 'Decoding Industrial Genetics, Building a Shared Tech Future,' was held in Beijing. Hosted by the News & ...

A team of international researchers led by the University of Victoria's April Nowell has discovered 250,000-year-old protein residue – the oldest ever found – extracted from stone tools used by early ...

Researchers uncovered a 2.75–2.44 million-year-old site in Kenya showing that early humans maintained stone tool traditions ...

Research areas: Cultural history and material culture; Greek and Roman urban form, architecture, and building codes; comparative urbanism; Roman and Byzantine Ashkelon; Roman Near East; late antiquity ...

Item 15087 wasn’t much to look at, particularly compared to other wonders uncovered from the shipwreck at Antikythera, Greece, in 1901. The underwater excavation revealed gorgeous bronze sculptures, ...

When you're trying to fathom a mangled relic of very old hi-tech, it helps to have the manufacturer's instructions. For over a century since its discovery in an ancient shipwreck, the exact function ...