On February 28, 1953, two scientists, James Watson and Francis Crick, announced they had figured out the structure of DNA. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid, is the hereditary material in humans and almost ...

No "sticky ends"? No problem. A new study by NYU chemists finds that DNA tiles can assemble into 3D structures without the ...

Researchers uncovered millions of ancient plant DNA switches—some older than flowering plants themselves—revealing a hidden evolutionary blueprint stretching back 400 million years. Most people have ...

RIKEN researchers have discovered how an enzyme modifies gene expression by targeting certain stretches of messenger RNA ...

How does DNA structure itself from the very first moments of life? A team of researchers has just observed that DNA adopts a defined three-dimensional architecture much more rapidly than ...

More than four decades after a teenager was murdered in California, DNA found on a discarded cigarette has helped authorities catch her killer. Sarah Geer, 13, was last seen leaving her friend’s ...

An expert said lab analysis of gloves found near Nancy Guthrie’s home could produce results within days. By Audra D. S. Burch As the Nancy Guthrie abduction case stretches into a third week, ...

FBI investigators have reportedly recovered a glove that appears to match those worn by a masked suspect seen in surveillance footage from Nancy Guthrie’s Catalina Foothills home. Authorities are ...

Fishers are members of the mustelid family, with close relatives including wolverines and pine martens. (Courtesy of Mike Schwartz, USDA Forest Service Researcher) Nathan Kluge affixes a scent pump to ...

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos officially cleared Nancy Guthrie’s family members as suspects Monday, calling them "victims" and noting they have been fully cooperative during the 16-day search for ...