UW researchers have identified biochemical markers that could help predict harmful algal blooms (HABs), according to a recent ...

Since the mapping of the human genome in 2003, synthetic biology has reached a new milestone. British researchers are now ...

New research has identified 20 genetic changes in a gene known to cause Marfan syndrome that could help to explain unsolved ...

The being in question is a microbe called Sukunaarchaeum mirabile. Preliminary research says it stretches the definition of ...

In the vast and often unseen world of microscopic life, a recent discovery may force scientists to rethink what it means to ...

Lung cancer cases are on the rise in non-smokers around the world, and air pollution could be an insidious, contributing ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - A ship that docked in Cleveland last summer harbored what scientists believe was a previously unknown form ...

It has genes for ribosomes, tRNAs, and mRNAs. These components are the scaffolding of life: the tools by which cells read ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

It's not easy to look at a sea spider and see an animal so representative of its kind that it may help scientists sort out ...

Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...

An analysis of mpox virus genomes from individuals infected between 2018 and 2023 has provided insights into how the virus ...