We are what we are because of ancient and mysterious genetics.

(Alones Creative/iStock/Getty Images) One of the most iconic visual representations in biological science is the double helix ...

Regular glass is brittle and fragile. But pure glass built into structures using DNA is a different beast entirely.

Modern humans carry DNA from two mysterious extinct lineages in addition to Neanderthals and Denisovans. Their hidden genetic ...

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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 ...

For decades, scientists have largely relied on painstaking trial and error to coax proteins into crystalline forms.

DNA traces in the Shroud of Turin reveal a remarkable mixture of human lineages, microbes, plants, animals, and coral accumulated through centuries of handling and travel. The findings do not prove ...

Figuring out what species live in an ecosystem, and which ones are rare or just good at hiding is an essential way to understand and care for them. Until now, it’s been very labour intensive. But now ...

In 2022, we reported the DNA sequences of 33 medieval people buried in a Jewish cemetery in Germany. Not long after we made the data publicly available, people started comparing their own DNA with ...

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