Agriculture, from the outset, has been made possible by humans tweaking the genes of plants to make them grow faster, produce ...

A plant's success may depend on how well the three sets of genetic instructions it carries in its cells cooperate, according ...

Newborn babies admitted to the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) rely on the quick decisions and rapid action of the medical team responsible for them. DNA testing is critical to ...

The team also extracted plant DNA from the burial of a high-status man. Testing showed that the grave contained significant amounts of DNA from two tree species whose bark was used to make clothes, ...

With a new generation of fast and affordable gene sequencers, researchers are better equipped than ever to tackle Earth’s ...

Cancer research, drug safety testing and ageing biology may all gain a major boost from a new fluorescent sensor developed at Utrecht University. This new tool allows scientists to watch DNA damage ...

Watch how China Shenzhou 14 crew cultivated plants using rice and Thale cress seeds on the Tiangong space station during their missions. They have brought the fruits of their labor back to Earth for ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: We are generating staggering amounts of data every day. Data centers just can’t keep up with the demand. With data storage needs expected to soar in ...

Cornell researchers have found that a new DNA sequencing technology can be used to study how transposons move within and bind to the genome. Transposons play critical roles in immune response, ...

Although microorganisms are minuscule and often difficult to detect, they serve as the invisible pillars of human social ...