Researchers have discovered giant DNA structures in oral bacteria, and data hint they could influence the function of your ...

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 has ordered what is certain to be a controversial documentary that analyzes a sample of Adolf Hitler ’s ...

A new tool developed at ETH Zurich, MetaGraph, allows scientists to search through vast public DNA and RNA databases in seconds — like a “Google for DNA.” DNA sequencing has transformed biomedical ...

Abstract: In DNA sequencing, we often need to infer an unknown sequence from a collection of its corrupted copies. Each copy cannot faithfully tell the truth due to DNA fragmentation, point mutations, ...

Twisted graphene precisely aligned with gold nanodisks and coupled with CRISPR achieves attomolar detection of cancer ...

Molecular biologists have long believed that the beginning of a gene launched the process of transcription—the process by ...

Artist Courtney Dudley's "Chimera Obscura" invites visitors to slow down and see differently in an interactive camera obscura.

New DNA evidence from ancient burial sites reveals how early Chinese civilization developed through migration, farming, and ...

Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a protein that acts like a traffic controller for DNA, preventing damage during cell division - a discovery that could lead to new cancer therapies, according ...

"MetaGraph", a new ETH tool enables fast searching of DNA sequences – efficiently, accurately and at favorable costs.   In order to achieve this, the researchers use indices enabling better ...

MetaGraph compresses vast data archives into a search engine for scientists, opening up new frontiers of biological discovery ...

New work shows that physical folding of the genome to control genes located far away may have been an early evolutionary ...