Higher yields, greater resilience to climatic changes or diseases—the demands on crop plants are constantly growing. To ...

It’s not necessarily obvious that learning the organization of a genome would help an AI system figure out how to make ...

All starting from the same DNA, neurons ultimately take on individual characteristics in the brain and body. Differences in ...

Scientists find the DNA of a 300,000-year-old horse in Schöningen, driven to extinction by hunting, next to a wooden spear that killed it.

Mitochondria generate most of the body's energy. Variations in their genetic material have long been linked to neurological ...

Stanford and UC Berkeley are collaborating on major research initiatives despite their rivalry on the field, from developing ...

Researchers say they have recovered RNA from the remains of a woolly mammoth that lived roughly 39,000 years ago.

Bacterial infections can spread quickly, especially in hospital settings or crowded communities, where vulnerable people are ...

Researchers sequenced and analyzed the genomes of 17 ancient dogs from Siberia, East Asia, and the Central Asian Steppe. Moreover, the analysis covered a large stretch of time, with specimens between ...

Mount Sinai's Alexander Charney said AI genome brings us closer to making personalized, precision medicine a reality for all.

A sealed tomb, a skeleton in a pot, and a 4,500-year-old secret hidden in two teeth have just upended what we thought we knew ...

Meanwhile, early dog trade might stretch even further back than the new studies indicate. To find remains from the first ...