The world of crime and DNA has evolved significantly over the past decade, including the use of phenotyping to help solve ...

Centuries-old genetic material can solve historical mysteries, from lost species to what killed Napoleon’s army.

Even before children set foot into a classroom for the first time, they have been told that doing well in school is important for their future. Good grades unlock possibilities for achieving ...

DNA: it carries hereditary information, it helps solve crimes, and now it can act as a flame retardant? What can’t this ...

The answers were always there, waiting as the years and decades ticked by: Who killed five people kidnapped from a Kentucky ...

BOISE, Idaho — An innovative approach to criminal investigations first came to the forefront around 2018. Since then, forensic investigative genetic genealogy, or FIGG, has been instrumental in ...

NASA astronaut Nick Hague runs an analysis with the miniPCR hardware for Genes in Space-6 during Expedition 59. This experiment explored how space radiation damages DNA and how cells repair that ...

An important specialty in this field—and a signature area of study at the University at Albany's RNA Institute—is DNA ...

Inside human cells, biology has pulled off the ultimate packing job, figuring out how to fit six feet of DNA into a nucleus ...

The hope for many cancer patients who go through surgery is that they’ll be cured after the surgeon removes the tumor. The question that lingers is whether they got it all out — if the surgery ...