Researchers have discovered how cells activate a last-resort DNA repair system when severe damage strikes. When genetic ...

In the last decade, the drive to understand who we are and where we've come from has been accelerated by DNA testing.

Donald Trump's administration is turning immigration screening into the backbone of a DNA surveillance system that reaches ...

One of the most detailed 3D maps of how the human chromosomes are organized and folded within a cell's nucleus is published ...

Balanophora plants represent an extreme example of this shift. They do not produce their own food through photosynthesis but ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A new forensic process is helping investigators across Oklahoma identify remains in cold cases dating back decades — including a Canadian County case involving a woman who had ...

An Erie County judge has ordered DNA testing on evidence from a 1993 murder case. Willie James Hardy, 67, is challenging his conviction for the strangulation death of his former girlfriend, Deborah ...

In the history of modern policing, few figures loom larger than Bill Bratton. When he served as the police chief in New York and Los Angeles, Bratton pioneered the use of CompStat. This data-driven ...

Debbie Dorian's murder was unsolved until DNA evidence revealed a suspect. A California murder went unsolved for nearly 30 years, until one DNA match cracked the decades-old case. The murder of ...

For years, the federal government has been amassing DNA profiles of noncitizens. But recently released Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data reveal that officials knowingly collected the DNA of ...

Researchers have revealed the structural mechanisms of a major DNA repair pathway in human cells. The research, published today as a Reviewed Preprint in eLife, is described by the editors as a ...

Students take samples of water and the microscopic creatures within at the Alviso Marina County Park. (Image by Erika Cardema) At the Alviso Marina County Park, reddish-brown water laps at the edge of ...