Researchers have created a process using liquid metals, powered by sunlight, that can produce clean hydrogen from both ...

New tech lets scientists extract DNA from old grasshopper collections without damaging the specimens. This unlocks evolutionary data previously inaccessible due to DNA degradation.

Delivery of therapeutic genes is essential for gene therapy. Adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) are a prime vector for carrying ...

Oceana scientist Caitlynn Birch explains how environmental DNA, or eDNA, helps us understand and protect the oceans ...

The Natural History Museum, London and Earlham Institute, Norwich today announce a joint venture spin-out company Agnos Biosciences™ (the first of its kind in the Museum’s history). The Agnos ...

A Roman-era skeleton discovered in southern England has finally given up her secrets after more than a decade of debate. Known as the Beachy Head Woman, she was once thought to have roots in ...

The global ocean represents the largest and most biodiverse ecosystem on Earth. Marine biodiversity remains poorly characterized, with significant knowledge gaps in regions such as the Arctic Ocean.

When cells proliferate, genomic DNA is precisely duplicated once per cell cycle. Abnormalities in this DNA replication process can cause alterations in genomic DNA, promoting cellular ageing, cancer, ...

A discredited forensic scientist who analysed DNA evidence for the Crown in hundreds of criminal cases received almost $2.8 million of public funds, The Royal Gazette can reveal. The Bermuda Police ...

Simple, effective sample preparation workflows are needed that do not rely on traditional nucleic acid extraction methods to realize the promise of isothermal technologies like recombinase polymerase ...

A research team led by the A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore (A*STAR GIS) have developed a method to accurately and efficiently read DNA containing non-standard bases — a task once thought too ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. To provide early warning and support a rapid response to a novel virus through ...