Morocco is poised to face "extremely high" water stress, a dire prediction from the World Resources Institute, a non-profit ...

Traces of chili peppers were also detected. This spice that is still popular today was used to treat a variety of illnesses ...

Chinese virologist Zhang Yongzhen has been repeatedly harassed by authorities since he released the genome of coronavirus in ...

Currently, they are the only specimens in a gene-bank program designed to conserve the jaguar species. The program began in 2017 to track jaguar populations and their health, and it was expanded ...

The hardy wild cousins of domesticated crops can teach us how to adapt to a hotter, more unpredictable future.

The Türkiye Seed Gene Bank plays a crucial role in preserving heritage seeds and developing new varieties, contributing ...

“But there’s still no gene bank for hemp. There needs to be an investment in research.” Additionally, there’s a significant shortage of processing capacity. “One of the biggest problems ...

Crop Trust, which works to preserve crop bio-diversity, needs to more than double its $300 million endowment fund to be able to support seed banks across the world, Executive Director Stefan Schmitz ...

The following tutorial will provide you with some basics regarding the use of GenBank in searching for bacterial genes. The principles can be applied to other organisms. By convention, the E. coli ...

Alberto Gomez Mejia, a botanist and founder of the Quindio Botanical Garden explains that his team aims to establish a gene bank to protect the palms' genetic diversity, reintroduce some examples ...

In the heart of sun-soaked Morocco, scientists are cultivating a future where tough crops defy a relentless drought, now in ...