DNA extracted from mosquito blood meals revealed traces of 86 vertebrate species, helping scientists track entire ecosystems.

Mary Harris was strangled on April 28, 1988, in the hotel room where she’d been living. Police turned to Shawn Tanner, a part ...

This marks 1st successful case of atomic bomb victim identification using this method, with thousands of samples kept at ...

A new portable DNA test can identify dozens of shark and ray species in only two hours, giving frontline officers a powerful tool to stop illegal wildlife trade before it slips through global borders.

This article explores limitations of chemical synthesis in high-throughput settings and the technical advantages enzymatic ...

A new study shows, for the first time, how the human genome folds and moves in 3D over time to control when genes turn on and ...

DNA can sustain serious injuries called double strand breaks, in which both strands of the helix snap. These breaks are among ...

The Sverris Saga, written in the 12th century, describes King Sverre’s rise to power and his conflict with the Baglers. The ...

Your next favorite true crime podcast might have some new forensics jargon to make sense of. Researchers in Australia have developed a new way to identify humans – similar to how we do with DNA and ...

A breakthrough study published in npj Aging just introduced a refreshing alternative: a urinary microRNA aging clock. By ...

Liquid biopsy is increasingly recognized as a promising tool for cancer detection and treatment monitoring, yet its effectiveness is often limited by the extremely low levels of tumor-derived DNA ...