To reconstruct Luca's genome, we needed a sample of genomes (all the genetic information in an organism) from across different groups of bacteria and archaea (single cell organisms distinct from ...

Evolution is the way groups of life-forms change over time to better fit the places they live. It is why life takes "such ...

Researchers discovered a 3.26-billion-year-old asteroid impact acted as 'giant fertilizer bomb,' aiding early microbial life.

In a paper published in Science Advances, the Pilhofer Lab (IMBB) together with the Albers Lab from the University of ...

Evo is a large language model that is not trained on words but on the genomes of millions of microbes. It can accurately ...