Dossier
Alpine ice
Coverage of Alpine ice in the Nexus archive.
- Scientists make sourdough bread using yeast found in 5,000-year-old mummy
Scientists baked sourdough bread using yeast strains from Ötzi the Iceman, a 5,000-year-old mummy, and plan to test brewing beer with the same yeast. Ötzi was discovered in 1991 near the Italy-Austria border and has been extensively studied.