DNA's iconic double helix does more than "just" store genetic information. Under certain conditions, it can temporarily fold ...

Since the dawn of the computer age, researchers have wrestled with two persistent challenges: how to store ever-increasing ...

Scientists are exploring how DNA’s physical structure can store vast amounts of data and encode secure information.

A DNA profile lifted form a glove found near the Guthrie home came back with no matches in the FBI's national database. Still, Pima County Sheriff's Department says investigators are working around ...

How does our DNA store the massive amount of information needed to build a human being? And what happens when it's stored incorrectly? Jesse Dixon, MD, Ph.D., has spent years studying the way this ...

Scientists have discovered that DNA behaves in a surprising way when squeezed through tiny nanopores, overturning a long-held ...

Borosilicate glass offers extreme stability; Microsoft’s accelerated aging experiments suggest the data would be stable for ...

In 1869, Swiss scientist Friedrich Miescher isolated a mysterious substance from cell nuclei—an overlooked finding that would ...

A complete breakdown of the abbreviation, including its role and function within the body.

An Ice Age double burial in Italy has yielded a stunning genetic revelation. DNA from a mother and daughter who lived over 12,000 years ago shows that the younger had a rare inherited growth disorder, ...

University of Missouri researchers found they can tweak the SRFR1 protein to boost gel-like condensates that drive longer ...

In an international study, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have identified a gene variant that controls the body's ...