DNA synthesis is going global. The biosecurity rules aren’t keeping up.

A recent cold case that was solved in Pierce County is highlighting the importance of CODIS ― The Combined DNA Index System — that lets federal, state, and local forensic labs exchange and compare DNA ...

New 'cassette tape' made of DNA has the capacity to store 36 petabytes of data, which could change the future of digital ...

CLEVELAND AND NAIROBI — July 11, 2024 — Today, the American Journal of Human Genetics published a perspective piece on the need for an equitable and inclusive future for DNA and ancient DNA (aDNA) ...

DNA nanotechnology has become an intense research field, with hundreds of research labs engaged in it, based on the idea that DNA can be used as a programmable structural material for the creation of ...

The Ice Age conjures images of vast frozen landscapes, but it wasn’t always this frigid. At some points during this era, warmer ice-free periods allowed life to thrive. Now, scientists have discovered ...

In our current information/data age, the storage and protection of data is an extremely important part of any business venture. The degree of digital data being produced, globally, has long been ...

Turmoil at 23andMe, a company offering popular at-home DNA testing, has upset the industry. Following the resignation of every independent member of the company’s board of directors, its chief ...

This October 17, 2017, image courtesy of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard shows Breakthrough Prize-winning US molecular biologist David Liu, who is at the forefront of pioneering work in gene ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Stone Age site of Fujia in eastern China produced two cemeteries and pottery. | Credit: Wang ...

Robert Plomin’s book Blueprint is subtitled How DNA makes us who we are. But a more accurate subtitle might be How DNA makes us what we are rather than anything else, such as childhood. As Plomin says ...