The oldest sediment DNA discovered so far comes from Greenland and is 2 million years old.

CpG density and epigenetic modification state modulate DNA mechanics, altering its intrinsic compatibility with nucleosome formation.

Justine Paul was indicted on flawed evidence. A defense witness wrote that police should have treated no fewer than 12 people ...

A California woman has been charged with murder after the remains of her missing 9-year-old daughter were found in Utah, ...

An ambitious new plans for reforming football will blend a creative and technical approach with ideas drawn from national ...

DNA origami cages constrain individual proteins toward preferred orientations on electrodes, dramatically improving electrical measurement precision and enabling detection of subtle structural changes ...

Overharvesting has raised conservation concerns for a widely foraged plant, but researchers say that better genetic insights ...

For decades, biologists assumed a single ‘turtle tick’ crawled across much of Asia. Now detailed DNA and microscope work show ...

Research into how a father’s choices — such as diet, exercise, stress, nicotine use — may transfer traits to his children has ...

A study by Kristin Winchell (NYU) sequenced the genomes of these reptiles and found 93 specific genes related to limb and skin development that had diverged from forest populations. The city lizards ...

These genes are part of the non-coding genome, which makes up about 98% of our DNA and was long dismissed as “junk.” This new research adds to growing evidence that this vast genetic landscape plays a ...

Scientists discover Bronze Age plague DNA in 4,000-year-old sheep remains, shedding light on how ancient diseases spread ...