Around 40,000 years ago, our ancient ancestors interbred with Neanderthals, picking up some of their DNA. Since then, much of ...

Scientists from Skoltech and the University of Potsdam have developed a physical theory that sheds light on how molecular ...

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Scientists are finding ways to merge biology with electronics, unlocking new possibilities for data storage and computing.

Synthetic DNA's incorporation into electronics is changing neuromorphic computing's methodology and is the new way of ...

DNA robots are emerging as tiny programmable machines that could one day deliver drugs, hunt viruses, and build ...

Researchers shed new light on G-quadruplexes, a type of secondary DNA structure that has attracted attention as a potential therapeutic target in cancer. Every day, billions of cells in your body ...

Before the DNA revolution of the early 2000s, genealogy was a study dependent on records. Tracing a line of heritage could hit a dead end if documentation had gone missing or been destroyed. But as ...

In 1994, the remains of 1st Lt. Michael Joseph Blassie, an airman killed in the Vietnam War, were identified and confirmed by DNA testing in 1998. He was exhumed and reburied closer to his family. It ...

Engineered cells are a high-value genetic asset that is key to many fields, including biotechnology, medicine, aging, and ...

A new online course from Cornell University is giving students a hands-on way to learn genomic data science — by working ...