Biochemists have developed a new strategy for controlling the biological functions of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) by means of light and therefore provide a tool to investigate processes which take ...

Unexpected slowdowns or spikes in this signal were often interpreted as knots in DNA. But now, a new study published Aug. 12 ...

Quantum mechanics, which rules the world of the teensy-tiny, may help explain why genetic mutations spontaneously crop up in DNA as it makes copies of itself, a recent study suggests.

Neural networks are computing systems designed to mimic both the structure and function of the human brain. Caltech researchers have been developing a neural network made out of strands of DNA instead ...

The team identified 70 specific DNA methylation sites that helped explain between 10% and 73% of the connection between early adversity and depressive symptoms.

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as "junk" and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study ...

A new study finds the first Americans had Denisovan DNA, offering clues about ancient immunity and genetic adaptation.