Six key developments in the fight against antimicrobial resistance

Some strains of gonorrhoea (Neisseria gonorrhoeae; orange) are resistant to several antibiotics.Credit: Science Photo Library Global map of resistance genes in livestock manure reveals their risk to human health Livestock farming relies heavily on antibiotics, and manure contains drug-resistant bacteria that can infect people. A study led by researchers at China’s Northwest A&F University in…

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Ancient DNA reveals pervasive directional selection across West Eurasia

Liu, Y., Mao, X., Krause, J. & Fu, Q. Insights into human history from the first decade of ancient human genomics. Science 373, 1479–1484 (2021). Article  ADS  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar  Mathieson, I. et al. Genome-wide patterns of selection in 230 ancient Eurasians. Nature 528, 499–503 (2015). Article  ADS  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar …

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Coding, web apps with Gemini

Today we’re releasing early access to Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (I/O edition), an updated version of 2.5 Pro that has significantly improved capabilities for coding, especially building compelling interactive web apps. We were going to release this update at Google I/O in a couple weeks, but based on the overwhelming enthusiasm for this model, we…

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