The human immune system is finely tuned to detect and destroy viral threats. But this same defense system can misfire. When ...

DNA robots are emerging as tiny programmable machines that could one day deliver drugs, hunt viruses, and build molecular-scale devices. By borrowing ideas from traditional robotics and combining them ...

As many DNA datasets are openly accessible online, the study warns it is possible for cybercriminals to misuse the information for surveillance, manipulation, or malicious experimentation. Dr Anjum ...

The results are transforming how scholars understand human history. By analysing parchment, researchers are uncovering ...

Airborne genetic material can be used to paint a picture of ecosystem health, watch for invasive species and even identify ...

A metagenomic study of this cloth, controversially purported to bear the imprint of the body of Jesus Christ, has little to ...

Tiny organisms on the ground—bacteria and fungi—have a "superpower" that allows them to reach up into the atmosphere and pull ...

What if the Trojan horse had been pulled to pieces, revealing the ruse and fending off the invasion, just as it entered the ...

The work demonstrates the power of ancient DNA to illuminate human biology and medicine in addition to history. A massive ...

Scientists show DNA polymerases can build long, patterned DNA without a template called "doodling," opening new paths for ...

New research suggests DNA may not need activation, challenging a long-held idea about how life began and reshaping ...

Every cell in your body faces the same engineering puzzle: how to cram roughly two meters of DNA into a nucleus just a few ...