Two U.S. senators this week introduced a bill that would create new rules around the sale of synthetic gene sequences that could be used to create bioweapons.

DNA's iconic double helix does more than "just" store genetic information. Under certain conditions it can temporarily fold into unusual shapes.

Colossal Biosciences and the UAE are launching an ambitious biovault project designed to preserve the DNA of life on Earth ...

A research team led by La Trobe University has developed a single-use test strip that could ultimately change how diseases ...

In a pine forest on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the only active nickel mine in the US is nearing the end of its life. At a time when carmakers want the metal for electric-vehicle batteries, nickel ...

"By cleverly combining new techniques for analyzing DNA at the level of individual molecules, we can achieve real breakthroughs in research into conditions such as dementia," predicts Professor John ...

New evidence has emerged that sheds light on the possible first people to populate the Americas. Dating of stone and ivory ...

Send your DNA and life story to the moon, literally. Lunar Mission One offers you a place in space history, sealed beneath ...

The power of artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced computing has made it possible to design genetic sequences encoding ...

In the summer of 2025, the University of Louisville Brown Cancer Center became one of the first in the US to offer FDA ...

Here’s how extinct DNA could help us in the present—and the future. Yeah, we know—it’s not a dire wolf. In early 2025, the Texas biotech company Colossal Biosciences landed with a splash on the cover ...

LAWRENCE — Lawrence police say DNA discovered on a single cigarette butt helped crack a 25-year-old case involving child sex crimes. Fifty-eight-year-old David James Zimbrick was arrested Monday in ...