Powerful new applications of what is known as next-generation sequencing are now helping with identification of degraded ...

Preserving strips of native vegetation beside avocado orchards gives insects a buffet of wild pollen when blossoms are scarce ...

From the time we are conceived and through old age, genetic mutations accumulate in all our tissues, eluding the body's ...

More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA ...

Bones found at the site of an ancient fish-processing plant were used to genetically identify the species that went into a ...

Eggs and embryos from people with polycystic ovary syndrome have altered patterns of so-called epigenetic tags, which could explain how the condition is inherited ...

Fluorescent nucleic acid base analogues (FBAs) are used widely as probes of DNA and RNA structure and dynamics. Of increasing utility are the pteridone adenosine analogues (6MAP, DMAP) and pteridine ...

A prototype of the Hyperion Elite made its debut incognito at the legendary 2018 Boston Marathon, when Brooks-sponsored ...

The one-electron oxidation of guanine in the GC base pair of DNA has been investigated using pulse radiolysis combined with DFT calculations. Reaction of benzotriazinyl radicals with DNA results in ...