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- Nits on ancient mummies shed light on South American ancestry
- Venoms in snakes and salivary protein in mammals share a common origin
- A-list candidate for fault-free quantum computing delivers surprise
| Nits on ancient mummies shed light on South American ancestry Posted: 28 Dec 2021 07:08 PM PST For the first time, scientists have recovered ancient human DNA from the sticky glue head lice use to attach their eggs to their host's hair. The new technique was trialled on mummified remains and the DNA has revealed clues about how the people died and the movements of populations thousands of years ago. |
| Venoms in snakes and salivary protein in mammals share a common origin Posted: 22 Dec 2021 06:09 PM PST A new study has found that a class of toxins found in snake and mammalian venom evolved from the same ancestral gene. |
| A-list candidate for fault-free quantum computing delivers surprise Posted: 22 Dec 2021 12:31 PM PST Superconducting uranium ditelluride is a promising material in the race to create fault-tolerant quantum computers, but physicists are rethinking how superconductivity arises in the material in light of puzzling new experimental evidence. |
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