Imagine if you could "print" a tiny skyscraper using DNA instead of steel. That’s what researchers at Columbia and Brookhaven ...

Genomic data sheds light on how populations of sledge dogs — and their human handlers — have shifted over past 800 years.

If measured from beginning to end, the DNA in our cells is too long to fit into the cell's nucleus, explaining why it must be ...

Every living cell must interpret its genetic code—a sequence of chemical letters that governs countless cellular functions. A ...

If you regularly experience headaches, dizziness, balance problems and blurred vision, our Neanderthal cousins could be to ...

When the Empire State Building was constructed, its 102 stories rose above midtown one piece at a time, with each individual ...

Scientists from UCL and the University of Cambridge have revealed that "space ice"—long thought to be completely ...

The breakthrough in the 2011 case comes after the accused killer's DNA was found to match evidence collected from a woman who ...

Ancient DNA evidence shows that the advent of agriculture led to more infectious disease among humans, with pathogens from ...

He and a colleague proved a theory advanced by the Nobel Prize winners James Watson and Francis Crick, who discovered DNA’s ...

Powerful new applications of what is known as next-generation sequencing are now helping with identification of degraded ...