Scientists have turned an old idea on its head. A new paper reports that stretches of so-called “junk DNA” can help injured ...

"There is no more efficient investment of taxpayer resources than basic science and research and technology. These are the discoveries that drive not only the expansion of our economy, but the ...

A modular metamaterial mimics DNA geometry to combine twist compression, tunable stiffness, fast recovery, and reusable shock ...

What makes every person unique? Part of the answer is in our genes.

A research team led by scientists from the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) has introduced a new way to fine-tune genetic material. Their study, published in Nature ...

Tiny tweaks in DNA folding can have big effects. A study from Umeå University shows that even the most subtle changes in ...

Former senior FBI agent Stephen Laycock agreed, telling NPR, “You take your time, collect the evidence, whatever facts you have, conduct interviews, then see where it will lead. You don’t rush out and ...

Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Google is celebrating the start of the 2025-26 school year with a DNA-themed Doodle on Wednesday.

Investigators have linked yet another murder to a notorious California serial killer nearly 45 years after a man’s body was found along an Oregon highway. The body of 30-year-old Larry Eugene Parks ...

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new technology for measuring how radiation damages DNA molecules. This novel technique, which passes DNA ...

Researchers at The University of Queensland (UQ) have developed an affordable, open-source fluorometer, used for DNA measurement, that can be built using a home 3D printer. Determining DNA levels in a ...

Police have made an arrest in Arizona four decades after the cold-case murder and sexual assault of two teenagers who were attacked in a parked car in Northern California, officials said Wednesday. On ...