In biology textbooks and beyond, the human genome and DNA therein typically are taught in only one dimension. While it can be ...

Various types of sled dogs have been used by humans across the Arctic for almost 10,000 years, but new research reveals one ...

Imagine if you could "print" a tiny skyscraper using DNA instead of steel. That’s what researchers at Columbia and Brookhaven ...

When the Empire State Building was constructed, its 102 stories rose above midtown one piece at a time, with each individual ...

Human DNA contains roughly 3 billion letters of genetic code. However, we understand only a fraction of what this vast ...

Franklin W. Stahl, an American molecular biologist whose landmark 1957-58 experiment with colleague Matthew Meselson revealed ...

Research is very much part of Barbara Malheiros' DNA. As part of her PhD research, she placed DNA on the surface of tiny particles to help them stick ...

DNA is the building block of life — it can tell us a lot about both who we are, and who we may become. DNA is also, ...

The human brain is made up of billions of nerve cells (neurons) that communicate with each other in vast, interconnected ...

Eggs and embryos from people with polycystic ovary syndrome have altered patterns of so-called epigenetic tags, which could ...

People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by DNA inherited from archaic humans ...

A rare form of leprosy may have existed in the Americas long before European colonization, according to new research using ...