Genomic data provides evidence for a previously unknown wave of migration, with Indigenous groups living in central and ...

Every cell in the human body squeezes over six feet of DNA into a minuscule speck invisible to the naked eye—like compressing ...

In a new study, scientists analyzed one such strategy used by the bacterium Escherichia coli. One of the enzymes in the ...

A diagram of the DRT3 system, showing Drt3a in yellow and Drt3b in blue. (Hyunbin Lee) Scientists have just discovered an ...

Thousands of cold cases could be solved after a breakthrough in DNA profiling. Forensic scientists from Interpol have developed a new method for identifying victims and suspects from previously ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new picture of human origins that challenges the long-held idea of a single ancestral ...

The genes that could help the world's crops survive drought, heat, and disease probably already exist. But much of this ...

Cyanobacteria—ancient microbes that oxygenated Earth and made complex life possible—are still revealing surprises billions of ...

Scientists with the ambitious Leonardo da Vinci DNA Project think they have potentially snagged a sample of DNA from the famed artist/inventor himself. The findings are presented in a preprint, and ...