Who doesn't worry about skeletons lurking in the gene closet? Soon, instant DNA mapping could ease those fears -- or deliver the cold, hard truth. A prototype diagnostic tool under development by two ...

The recent DNA Barcode Scanner Hack brought together a range of experts to brainstorm a handheld modular DNA analysis device that could identify timber samples in the field, help flag wildlife ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Researchers at the University of Alabama in Huntsville are using DNA to identify invasive plants and help them from spreading in the United States. The research involves a ...

On a crisp fall morning in 2011, Alexander “Sascha” von Bismarck arrived at a wood-flooring processing plant in Dalian, China. He was there as part of a years-long project, knee-deep in an ...

Omaha police can now collect more DNA from cold-case evidence and analyze data from smart watches, homes and vehicles. The department also may acquire software allowing detectives to walk through a ...

Online claims that Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) body scanners used by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) can unzip DNA and interfere with human DNA are false. The claim is based on ...

DURHAM, N.C. – DNA testing of garden ferns sold at plant nurseries in North Carolina, Texas, and California has found that plants marketed as American natives may actually be exotic species from other ...

DNA damage prompts DNA repair that may be either slapdash or tidy, depending on the circumstances. For example, during the S and G2 phases of the cell cycle, the BRCA1 protein promotes the tidy sort ...

On 19 February 2017, conspiracy and metaphysics web site "Collective Evolution" published an article (titled "Los Alamos Study Finds Airport Scanners Can Rip Apart & Alter DNA") that was written by ...