A recent study has confirmed that the Chernobyl radiation disaster caused DNA mutations in the children of workers exposed to ...

A glove tied to Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapping produced no DNA matches, but investigators say the search remains active, with thousands of tips and forensic evidence still offering hope ...

Search-and-rescue personnel were working Tuesday to reach a group of six stranded skiers and locate 10 others unaccounted for in Northern California's backcountry following an avalanche.

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, ...

To store heat for days, weeks, or months, you need to trap the energy in the bonds of a molecule that can later release heat on demand. The approach to this particular chemistry problem is called ...

Researchers have uncovered the enzyme behind chromothripsis, a chaotic chromosome-shattering event seen in about one in four cancers. The enzyme, N4BP2, breaks apart DNA trapped in tiny cellular ...

One of the greatest mysteries of our planet is how a soup of lifeless chemicals transformed into the first living cell. There are several competing theories about where this happened, from frozen ...

"I’m just glad justice was finally done," sister Linda Galpin said. "I always said it would never happen in my lifetime." ...

Life may have begun when RNA molecules began to replicate themselves, and now we’ve finally found an RNA molecule that is very close to being able to do this ...

DNA, the blueprint of life, is best known for its fundamental role as genetic material—storing and transmitting biological information through the precise sequence of its bases. For decades, this ...

John McDonagh (51) first launched an appeal in 2007 against his conviction for rape and murder of Siobhan Hynes (17) in 1998 ...

A new highly sensitive light-based sensor can detect extremely low concentrations of cancer biomarkers in the blood.