Every living cell must interpret its genetic code—a sequence of chemical letters that governs countless cellular functions. A ...

If measured from beginning to end, the DNA in our cells is too long to fit into the cell's nucleus, explaining why it must be ...

A research team led by Eske Willerslev, professor at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Cambridge, has ...

Scientists from UCL and the University of Cambridge have revealed that "space ice"—long thought to be completely ...

A judge ordered the DNA of a man accused of sexually assaulting three young girls to be collected Wednesday and tested ...

When the Empire State Building was constructed, its 102 stories rose above midtown one piece at a time, with each individual ...

Ancient DNA evidence shows that the advent of agriculture led to more infectious disease among humans, with pathogens from ...

He and a colleague proved a theory advanced by the Nobel Prize winners James Watson and Francis Crick, who discovered DNA’s ...

Months of detective work by Kansas City, Missouri, police helped build a criminal case against a man wanted in connection ...

The researchers found health perks directly linked with weight loss through blood test results, including increases in HDL ...

A robbery suspect has been linked by DNA to multiple ambush-style sexual assaults in Florida, some dating back 25 years, ...

Powerful new applications of what is known as next-generation sequencing are now helping with identification of degraded ...