Researchers have made DNA storage rewritable, overcoming one of its biggest limitations. The breakthrough could turn DNA into a practical alternative to today’s energy-hungry data centers.

Scientists at UC Berkeley have discovered a microbe that bends one of biology’s most sacred rules. Instead of treating a specific three-letter DNA code as a clear “stop” signal, this methane-producing ...

Plants are fast-tracking their own evolution by "plugging in" genetic code stolen from their neighbors, according to new research that reveals the secret to their own successful genetic engineering.

Scientists have uncovered 6,000-year-old human remains in Colombia whose genetic code matches no other known population, ancient or modern.

Biological relationships are the foundation of every family, but sometimes primary documents are not enough to prove these ...

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A team of engineers at Rice University has developed a tiny new sensor that could dramatically improve the safety of self-driving cars on public roads. This is a compact, low-power millimeter-wave ...

Spotting a Manx Loaghtan on the mist-shrouded cliffs of the Isle of Man feels like observing a story from ancient mythology ...

DNA recovered at the scene of Nancy Guthrie's disappearance may not be usable, law enforcement officials said.

Can Ben Lamm save the planet? He thinks so. Short, stocky and unassuming with a puckish sense of humor, the shaggy-haired ...

Researchers at the Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology have uncovered new evidence that two major types of gene-controlling DNA sequences, promoters and enhancers, operate with a shared ...

As Vail Town Manager Russ Forrest settles in front of his desk in his Vail Municipal Building office on a recent weekday as a rare-for-this-winter snow squall spits fat flakes past his windows, he ...