Researchers at Durham University and Jagiellonian University have developed DNA 'nano-rings' that can precisely capture and orient membrane proteins, a longstanding challenge in biomedical research.

Just as the human body relies on organs such as the heart or liver for essential functions, cells depend on their own tiny ...

RNA polymerase, the enzyme that synthesizes RNA from DNA during transcription, has been captured mid-reaction for the first ...

In late February, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said DNA found at Guthrie’s Tucson, Arizona, home was “mixed,” meaning samples have genetic material from more than one person. Subsequently, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Gorodenkoff/iStock/Getty Images Plus) An international team of researchers has found that ...

A Utah teenager found dead more than 50 years ago has been named as yet another victim of notorious serial killer Ted Bundy. Authorities said Wednesday that DNA helped link Bundy to the killing of ...

For 60 years, mystery swirled around the murder of Marjorie Rudolph in California. Rudolph, the wife of a prominent San Rafael banker, was killed inside her home on Feb. 1, 1966, the San Rafael Police ...

Mr. Bundy had confessed to killing Laura Ann Aime before he was executed in 1989. Investigators said DNA testing provided conclusive proof. By Michael Levenson Before he was executed in Florida in ...

The genetic building blocks of life—formed from the four nucleotides adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), and thymine (T)—are read in groups of three known as codons. While some codons (known as ...

Artificial DNA letters beyond A, T, G, C break a fundamental pairing rule to produce nanostructures with new shapes, far greater durability, and an unexpected ability to self-sort. But the four-letter ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Scientists are trying to sequence the DNA of Leonardo da Vinci to identify if the remains at his interment site really are his. The project began ...