A judge in New York rejected a request on 23 September to disqualify the use of cutting-edge DNA sequencing as evidence in a ...

Here, biology kind of takes over. If the phage genome that the AI model generated is legit, the proteins will start to self-assemble into a phage. You’ll know it’s worked when that phage goes on to ...

In a new study, scientists have shown that chemical receptors that plants use to recognize nitrogen-fixing bacteria have ...

Low nitrogen availability is the number one limitation to plant growth in most ecosystems. Plants in the bean family and other closely related families evolved a symbiotic relationship with bacteria ...

Scientists are exploring how RNA might have jump-started life four billion years ago and how it's now advancing drug ...

By making the world's microbial DNA easier to explore, a new sequence alignment tool, LexicMap, lets scientists search for a ...

The ruling could provide prosecutors with a lot more confidence in using such evidence, potentially leading to a whole wave ...

Previously unmapped sections of the genome explain how cells sense their mechanical environment and could open new paths for ...

Two major Australian health insurers, Bupa and Medibank, have started offering genetic testing meant to tell you your likely ...

A New York judge on Wednesday allowed DNA evidence obtained through advanced techniques into the forthcoming murder trial of Rex Heuermann, the man accused of being Long Island’s Gilgo Beach serial ...

Objectives Bisphenol A (BPA), a xenoestrogen that can alter DNA methylation status, has been implicated in the pathogenesis ...

In her weekly overview of Santa Cruz County business, Jessica M. Pasko reports on the closure of Starbucks locations in Santa Cruz and Scotts Valley as part of a broader consolidation, Joby Aviation's ...