Disease-resistant frogs, cane-toad-munching quolls and other gene-edited native animals could be roaming the nation within ...

Dr. McAdams, a physicist at Stanford, was struck by the way biologists drew figures filled with arrows to show how different ...

More than a decade ago, scientists harnessed a bacterial molecular machine that identifies and cuts specific sections of DNA, ...

The study by Reed et al. provides fundamental findings and convincing evidence defining the topological changes that occur during tumorigenesis. The findings enhance the understanding of stable ...

Scientists study a molecular machine that moves jumping genes in DNA, paving the way for a new gene editing tool beyond ...

Long Island prosecutors have the green light to use crucial DNA evidence in their case against accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann, a judge ruled Wednesday. The bombshell ruling by Judge ...

A New York judge will allow prosecutors to present crucial DNA evidence in the upcoming murder trial of suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann, marking the first time a cutting-edge ...

At the heart of the case against the man accused of the Gilgo Beach killings is DNA evidence — but the novel way that evidence was tested may now determine whether prosecutors can use it against their ...

People with Indigenous American ancestry carry Denisovan genes that Neanderthals passed on when they mated with modern humans ...

The Age of AI will rely on massive volumes of data that can be easily stored and retrieved—and bioscience may have an ingenious solution. A scientist examines a DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) profile on ...

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. In 1957, just four years after Francis Crick and other scientists solved the riddle of ...