In part, because of contracting some of the work to outside private laboratories, Saldate said that the backlog in processing evidence has gone from more than 1,300 cases and 500 days in January, to ...

A recent scientific breakthrough has unveiled a captivating genetic link between the ancient civilizations of Egypt and ...

For profilers, the challenge of unravelling the criminal mind of a man like Bryan Kohberger is enticing. And while his trial may be over, in many ways, the story of what can be learned from his crimes ...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a small, enveloped DNA virus belonging to the Hepadnaviridae family and remains a global health ...

Are humans evolving more through culture than DNA? A new study explores how medicine, technology, and institutions may guide ...

Dyslexia is a neurodevelopmental condition estimated to affect between 5–10% of people living in most countries, irrespective ...

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

Rogue DNA rings known as ecDNA may hold the key to cracking glioblastoma’s deadly resilience. Emerging before tumors even ...

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

The evolutionary blueprint for hands was borrowed in part from a much older genetic plan for our nether regions, a new study ...

Researchers, led by a team at Bigelow Laboratory, have developed environmental DNA tools to measure kelp deposition and examine the biological communities living in sediments below Gulf of Maine kelp ...

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the development of CRISPR/Cas9, a method also known as "gene scissors," ...