To use this evidence, investigators typically must grow the larvae until adulthood in a laboratory setting and then identify ...

In a French criminal trial, conventional DNA analysis couldn’t distinguish between twin brothers, but emerging scientific ...

Researchers from the Flanders Institute of Biotechnology (VIB) and the University of Antwerp have discovered a key genetic risk factor for a rare form of frontotemporal dementia (LVD) that develops in ...

Scientists studying stranded pygmy sperm whales have uncovered three previously unknown genotypes of Helicobacter bacteria ...

Researchers use long-read genome sequencing to discover 33% more structural variants and 38% more tandem repeats linked to autism spectrum disorder.

Long-read genome sequencing reveals autism gene variants and structural changes, helping explain missing heritability and advancing precision diagnostics.

Study finds major methodological differences across seven direct-to-consumer stool tests, producing taxonomic profiles as variable as those between individuals — limiting clinical use.

Gold and other heavy elements are born in some of the universe’s most violent events—but scientists still struggle to understand the nuclear steps that create them. Now, nuclear physicists have ...

Hidden semiconductor defects often pass inspection but fail later in operation. Learn how latent defects form, evade ...

An identical twin commits a crime and leaves their DNA at the scene. Can DNA testing reveal which twin is the culprit? This question reportedly came up in a case in France last month, in which the ...

Background Pharmacotherapy combinations have been shown to improve survival and reduce hospitalisations in adults with ...

Typical workflow of computational cell lineage tracing. The workflow includes cell labeling, data acquisition, trajectory inference, and lineage reconstruction and visualization. Over the past two ...