The algal blooms increasingly seen in Canadian lakes have been linked to both nutrient pollution from agricultural runoff and ...

By making the world's microbial DNA easier to explore, a new sequence alignment tool, LexicMap, lets scientists search for a ...

A judge in New York rejected a request on 23 September to disqualify the use of cutting-edge DNA sequencing as evidence in a ...

The ruling could provide prosecutors with a lot more confidence in using such evidence, potentially leading to a whole wave ...

Researchers including those at the University of Tokyo have made a surprising discovery hiding in people's mouths: Inocles, giant DNA elements that had previously escaped detection. These appear to ...

Renee Anderson is a digital producer at CBS New York, where she covers breaking news and other local stories. Before joining the team in 2016, Renee worked at WMUR-TV. A judge in the Gilgo Beach ...

Rex Heuermann is accused of killing seven people over a span of decades. A New York judge on Wednesday admitted DNA evidence that Suffolk County prosecutors say links alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer ...

A state judge has decided to allow key DNA evidence in the trial of Rex Heuermann, who is accused of killing seven women and dumping many of their bodies along a remote stretch of Long Island beach.

In context: Researchers have long explored DNA's unique properties as a medium for digital storage. So far, the experiments have fallen short of practical applications. However, new DNA-based ...

Leonardo Gomes de Lima, Ph.D., a postdoctoral associate in the Gerton Lab, led the research. The findings show how these chromosome fusions form, why they remain stable, and how repetitive DNA, once ...