AlphaFold arrived as a technical moonshot that suddenly made protein structures feel like software rather than secrets of ...

Moss quietly collects DNA from animals, plants, and microbes, offering a simple way to track biodiversity without harming ...

WIRED spoke with DeepMind’s Pushmeet Kohli about the recent past—and promising future—of the Nobel Prize-winning research ...

Students at Licking Heights High School are partnering with Amgen to solve mysteries using research-grade technology. Through ...

DNA origami cages constrain individual proteins toward preferred orientations on electrodes, dramatically improving ...

New 3D genome maps reveal how DNA folding controls gene activity, offering fresh clues into disease and cell function.

It's a common storytelling trope: the stubborn foe who is eventually revealed to be a much-needed friend. Biology has its own ...

While the 21st century has been bumpy, it has also ushered in monumental scientific and technological breakthroughs that have ...

An international research team has identified a human protein, ANKLE1, as the first DNA-cutting enzyme (nuclease) in mammals capable of detecting and responding to physical tension in DNA. This ...

Inside every human cell, six feet of DNA folds into a nucleus that is only a few micrometers wide, yet still manages to switch genes on and off with exquisite precision. The latest work on ...

The microbial toxin colibactin has just the right shape to snuggle up to DNA — but its embrace is unfortunately more cancerous than cozy. Colibactin is produced by bacteria in the gut and causes ...

The New England Innocence Project is pushing for DNA testing in a 1988 murder. The group says the retesting could clear the name of Shawn Tanner, who served more than 30 years for murder and died in ...