Scientists sampled tiny bone fragments sealed inside several Pompeii casts and tested DNA and isotopes to ask, and answer, ...

EMBL researchers created SDR-seq, a next-generation tool that decodes both DNA and RNA from the same cell. It finally opens ...

Scientists found that childhood trauma can change DNA and brain development, leaving long-term biological marks.

Before cells can divide, they first need to replicate all of their chromosomes, so that each of the daughter cells can ...

In a groundbreaking study, scientists have discovered more than 100 new human viruses in 252 different gut microbes, ...

While most research on the biology of aging has focused on cell division, cells such as neurons and cardiomyocytes do not ...

An international study has shown how and when entirely new gene mutations, known as de novo mutations, originate in dogs. A ...

Scientists are researching ways to genetically modify plants and animals to be more resistant to threats like climate change.

Researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) have published an analysis that reveals new functions of the ...

Biological rhythms aren't just for sleep. In the tiny worm C. elegans, researchers in the Grosshans lab and the Computational ...

Unusual preservative in specimen jars proved to be a sweet solution for studying changes in genetic diversity among fish ...