Studying samples from the Bennu asteroid, researchers have found sugars essential for biology, stardust and ... something ...

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

That same DNA testing confirmed Jackson was the mother of a two-year-old girl whose remains were discovered in 2011 near ...

A Nobel laureate, he identified an enzyme that cuts DNA, laying the groundwork for milestones in scientific research and ...

The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

Paleontologists have made a discovery that can change how we understand dinosaurs. Despite centuries of research into ancient ...

High-resolution imaging has revealed the internal layout of chromatin condensates, showing how DNA fibers fold and interact ...

A closeup look at colibactin’s structure reveals chemical motifs that guide its mutation-wreaking “warheads” to specific stretches of DNA.

New studies of canine genetics shed light on the diversity of dogs and our longstanding, still-evolving relationship to them.

Life's instructions are written in DNA, but it is the enzyme RNA polymerase II (Pol II) that reads the script, transcribing ...

When scientists sequenced the first Neanderthal genomes, they did not just resurrect a lost branch of the human family tree, ...

After two decades in the making, scientists have cracked the code on a drug that can repair DNA, setting the scene for a new ...