A new study from the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) in London, UK reveals how ancient viral DNA once written off as ...

It's a common storytelling trope: the stubborn foe who is eventually revealed to be a much-needed friend. Biology has its own ...

Washington Research Foundation (WRF) has awarded three-year postdoctoral fellowships to a new cohort of 12 early-career researchers who will pursue innovative, high-impact projects in the natural ...

Whole Genome Amplification (WGA) offers vast opportunities in personalized medicine, cancer research, and reproductive health ...

Half a century ago, a quiet theorist working far from the big Western labs proposed a radical answer to one of science’s ...

Discover the science behind alcohol-induced thirst, how it affects your hydration, and tips to manage dehydration while ...

These three distinguished researchers bring their expertise in synthetic biology, materials science, and genome research to contribute to the Institute’s mission of societal impact ...

Inside every human cell, six feet of DNA folds into a nucleus that is only a few micrometers wide, yet still manages to ...

The homicides of Debra Stone in 1984 and Cynthia McKenna in 2007 have been solved by cold case investigators with the RI attorney general's office. Authorities identified the killers as Robert D.

The Internet has Google. Now biology has MetaGraph. Detailed today in Nature, the search engine can quickly sift through the staggering volumes of biological data housed in public repositories. “It’s ...

Using comparative molecular biology with human cGAS – which actually inhibits DNA repair – the scientists found that the naked mole-rat's enzyme has four key changes that facilitate the important work ...