It's not easy eating green. Most plants are heavily defended with chemicals to deter plant eaters. For these herbivores, ...

Maria Jasin, PhD, whose research on DNA repair has transformed our understanding of cancers, has been selected as the 2025 recipient of the Greengard Prize.

Bacteria have long been a key source of lifesaving antibiotics, but most species cannot be grown in the lab—leaving their ...

The Atlas blue butterfly has 229 chromosome pairs, the most of any animal, and its DNA may reveal insights into evolution and ...

For decades, scientists thought the noncoding parts of DNA were useless leftovers. Today, that view has completely changed.

Australia’s peacock spiders dazzle with colour and dance. Scientists are uncovering a genetic mystery that could explain ...

A rtificial intelligence is software, but it is not human-designed and hand-crafted like any traditional program is. Instead, modern AI is grown, a bit like an organism. In important ways, the ...

Scientists have uncovered how rogue DNA rings may help spark glioblastoma at its earliest stages. An international research ...

A groundbreaking project is piecing together Leonardo da Vinci’s genetic profile by tracing his lineage across 21 generations and comparing DNA from living descendants with remains in a Da Vinci ...

Researchers have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism that safeguards the chromosome ends from being mistakenly repaired ...

In a remarkable fusion of biology and technology, a DNA-based computer that performs effectively has been created by ...