DNA's iconic double helix does more than "just" store genetic information. Under certain conditions, it can temporarily fold ...

In 1869, Swiss scientist Friedrich Miescher isolated a mysterious substance from cell nuclei—an overlooked finding that would ...

The company that brought back the dire wolf is launching a new biovault to store the genomes of the most at-risk species.

Google’s artificial intelligence research laboratory where AlphaFold was developed—has officially released a new machine ...

Since the dawn of the computer age, researchers have wrestled with two persistent challenges: how to store ever-increasing ...

Over the past two decades, researchers have learned that DNA inside the cell nucleus naturally folds into a network of ...

You walk through a field of wheat, ryegrass, or clover and notice the sway of stems and leaves. What you cannot see is where most of the action happens. Beneath the soil surface, roots spread, compete ...

Although DNA is tightly packed and protected within the cell nucleus, it is constantly threatened by damage from normal ...

Deep inside a handful of caves, scientists are pulling genetic secrets out of bones, teeth and even the surrounding dirt, and ...