Powerful new applications of what is known as next-generation sequencing are now helping with identification of degraded ...

Preserving strips of native vegetation beside avocado orchards gives insects a buffet of wild pollen when blossoms are scarce ...

Akihiko Yamamoto recently connected with his American sister, Sharon Lovell, whom he never knew existed. For most of his life ...

Indiana residents will host the first annual DNA 5K fundraising event in recognition of the National Day of Remembrance for ...

For the first time, scientists have sequenced the full genome of a 4,800-year-old Egyptian man. The DNA reveals North African ...

New DNA evidence has led to the arrest of a 72-year-old man accused of killing his girlfriend more than four decades ago.

A woman murdered in a 1980s double homicide case has been identified after over three decades. as Sheila Cummings.

Drug discovery efforts based on DNA-encoded chemical libraries are inadvertently overlooking numerous potential drug ...

A new study has found that leprosy was circulating in Chile some 4,000 years ago, meaning the disease arrived in the Americas ...

This new DNA testing method significantly reduces the time needed for identification, bringing hope for answers in this ...

A new study sequencing the first complete ancient Egyptian genome reveals the 4,500-year-old man had significant ancestry ...

Genetic studies point to female-centered living arrangements in Neolithic Çatalhöyük. Yet, power may not have rested solely ...