Scientists are trying to sequence the DNA of Leonardo da Vinci to identify if the remains at his interment site really are ...

Thousands of years ago, groups of ancient people made the dangerous journey across the icy land bridge of the Bering Strait ...

On a stormy Monday in March, 1827, the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven passed away after a protracted illness.

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For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as "junk" and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study ...

Once dismissed as “junk” DNA, ancient viruses embedded in the human genome play a key role in early human development, ...

At school, it's often presented as a tidy double helix but scientists are revealing the varied and intricate shapes of DNA ...

Swansea University has helped uncover a surprising new role for platelets—one that could significantly advance early cancer ...

DNA’s chemical cousin, RNA, was the messenger that carries DNA instructions from the double helix in the cell’s nucleus to ...

DNA analysis is considered the gold standard for identifying victims of mass fatalities. But how does it work?

Storing data in DNA sounds like science fiction, yet it lies in the near future. Professor Tom de Greef expects the first DNA data center to be up and running within five to ten years.

Projects demonstrate revolutionary information management technology and sustainable nutrition for future space missions.