Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new technology for measuring how radiation damages DNA molecules. This novel technique, which passes DNA ...

While the search for a Washington father accused of killing his three young daughters in June continues, DNA testing has confirmed he is the only suspect in the murders, police said. DNA matching ...

(NewsNation) — DNA matching Travis Decker and his three daughters were the only profiles found at the scene of the girls’ deaths, leading officials to believe Decker is the sole suspect. The manhunt ...

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. In 1957, just four years after Francis Crick and other scientists solved the riddle of ...

Swansea University has helped uncover a surprising new role for platelets—one that could significantly advance early cancer detection. The study, led by the University of Oxford and published in ...

Scientists uncover genetic clues about the mysterious alien mummies in Peru. Credit: kingofthebigmacs / Flickr / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 In 2015, a grave digger in Peru uncovered several mummified bodies ...

Once dismissed as “junk,” pieces of ancient viral DNA in our genome are now known to help control which genes are turned on or off. Credit: Shutterstock For years, scientists thought certain parts of ...

Anand (Atharvaa) and Divya (Nimisha Sajayan) who come with their fair share of baggage, get into an arranged marriage and lead a happy and normal life together. All seem to be going well and beyond ...

In a groundbreaking UK first, eight healthy babies have been born using an IVF technique that includes DNA from three people—two parents and a female donor. The process, known as pronuclear transfer, ...

Eight healthy babies have been born in the U.K. using a new IVF technique that successfully reduced their risk of inheriting genetic diseases from their mothers, the people behind a world-first trial ...

United States Senator Ron Wyden is pressing the United States Departments of Homeland Security and Justice to explain how and why they are collecting DNA from immigrants, including children, on a ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Around the world, DNA analysis is the gold standard for identifying human remains following these ...