When it comes to critical care for newborns, being able to act fast is of the utmost importance, which is why this new DNA ...

For decades, biologists treated DNA as a static string of letters, a linear code that cells read like text on a page. A new ...

With a new study in the journal Cell, researchers at Stanford University and Stockholm University have contributed to ...

All the cells in an organism have the exact same genetic sequence. What differs across cell types is their ...

Centuries-old genetic material can solve historical mysteries, from lost species to what killed Napoleon’s army.

Traditional bisulfite sequencing damages DNA, while enzyme-based alternatives are inconsistent. A novel methylation analysis ...

This radical new method could preserve our entire knowledge base for thousands of years, in a storage medium the size of a ...

A mammoth tooth reveals bacterial DNA from 1.1 million years ago, offering new clues about diseases and hidden ecosystems in ...

In many aspects of our lives, we find meaning in the order in which events occur. We buy into myths about "middle child ...

Ground-breaking research has made some fascinating discoveries on the dictator, from his ancestry to possible neurological ...