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3d rendering of multiple light blue and pink DNA helices with one larger one in the foreground covered in spiky protrusions, all on a dark background

Preserving DNA Long-Term in Amber-Like Polymer

by Massachusetts Institute of Technology,Anne Trafton

The polymer can store DNA at room temperature

Paleopharmaceuticals from Baltic Amber Might Fight Drug-Resistant Infections

Paleopharmaceuticals Might Fight Drug-Resistant Infections

by American Chemical Society

Resin Samples

Researchers Extract DNA from Resin-Embedded Insects

by University of Bonn

First-Of-Its-Kind Ammonite in Amber Offers Rare Glimpse of Ancient Sea Life

by Indiana University

The fossil is the first known record of an ammonite—a distant relative of modern squid and octopuses—found in amber

Newborn Insects Trapped in Amber Show First Fossil Evidence of How to Crack an Egg

by Oxford University

The new findings give scientists evidence on how tiny insects broke the barrier separating them from life

Spider with a Tail Found Preserved in Amber After 100 Million Years

by University of Kansas

An extraordinary new species of arachnid has been discovered in amber from Myanmar and dates to the mid-Cretaceous age, around 100 million years ago