DNA sequencing was revolutionized after scientists discovered a new bacterium in the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park ...

Using advanced imaging techniques and precise microfluidics control to stretch out curly DNA into a straight line, research ...

The true identity of Jack the Ripper, whose grisly murders terrorized east London in 1888, has been a mystery ever since.

The proposed End Child Trafficking Now Act would mandate DNA testing to verify familial relationships between undocumented ...

A new mega-database of half a million mutations may flag new ways of treating genetic disease, scientists say.

The wealthy Republican businessman is suspected of killing up to 25 young men and boys before he died by suicide after police ...

A judge ended the case Friday with a sentence of an unconditional discharge, closing the case with no punishment ...

Scientists have succeeded in controlling the structure and function of biological membranes with the help of 'DNA origami'. The system they developed may facilitate the transportation of large ...

A man accused of murdering an 86-year-old widow was charged after new DNA evidence emerged a decade later, a jury has been told. Una Crown, who was found dead at her home in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire in ...

Rapid DNA is a proposal to allow law enforcement to quickly search CODIS – the DNA database used for solving crimes – in a ...

Rapid DNA gives law enforcement a DNA analysis in about 90 minutes compared to waiting for months and sometimes even years.