It is the start of the academic year at Cambridge and the streets are busy with students of every description imaginable, ...

EMBL researchers created SDR-seq, a next-generation tool that decodes both DNA and RNA from the same cell. It finally opens ...

MetaGraph compresses vast data archives into a search engine for scientists, opening up new frontiers of biological discovery ...

A new tool developed at, MetaGraph, allows scientists to search through vast public DNA and RNA databases in seconds — like a ...

Seven years ago, I took a bet with Charles Murray about whether we’d basically understand the genetics of intelligence by now ...

To prevent dangerous levels of global warming, scientists say it won’t be enough to just stop burning fossil fuels that release carbon into the air. Because it’s virtually impossible for humanity to ...

People with certain forms of the MC4R gene have lower cholesterol levels than do other individuals with a high body-mass ...

Before cells can divide, they first need to replicate all of their chromosomes, so that each of the daughter cells can ...

Researchers have discovered giant DNA structures in oral bacteria, and data hint they could influence the function of your ...