Antibiotics are one of the greatest triumphs in the history of medical science—but these lifesaving tools have a dark side.

A new study demonstrates that handheld nanopore sequencers can rapidly identify eye infection pathogens using only a patient’s tears.

A deeper understanding of how DNA changes over generations helps scientists learn why people differ and how diseases develop.

Tyler Kartzinel likens protecting biodiversity to enhancing cellphone networks. His analogy is pretty straightforward: look for gaps in coverage, and then do what’s needed to fill them. “Engineers ...

Google's DeepMind launches AlphaGenome, an artificial intelligence model that predicts gene expression from DNA sequence.

Researchers have demonstrated a specific type of genetic variation in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) for the first time ...

In the pilot project, researchers from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, Indonesia's Ministry of Agriculture, ...

Readouts of the full DNA of children with cancer at diagnosis have been implemented as the standard of care in a European ...

Mongabay: Coming to DNA sequencing tech, how do you think we can effectively translate the science for policy purposes? Tyler Kartzinel: Conservation is local.

Remote-controlled microflow using light-controlled state transitions within DNA condensates has been reported by scientists ...

A forensic scientist crouches down on a dirty factory floor. There’s a pool of blood, and they delicately dip a swab into it ...

Cancer Research UK-funded scientists at the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with the Spanish National Cancer ...