For more than 40 years, the Golden State Killer haunted California. A serial rapist and murderer active in the 1970s and '80s, he eluded detectives for decades. By 2018, hope of identifying him was ...

While humans often struggle to find a partner who is both physically attractive and a reliable co-parent, yeast may already have cracked the formula for the perfect match. When choosing mates, these ...

A genealogy nonprofit helped the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office identify remains found on a beach in 2022 as a Santa Rosa banker who went missing in 1999.

Landmark tumour mapping research could boost targeted breast and ovarian cancer therapies - The researchers said the findings indicate many more patients may benefit from precision therapies ...

Charoula Fotiadou, a doctoral researcher at the University of Tübingen, has led a new scientific study suggesting that low genetic diversity among late ...

Health officials say the Omicron offshoot is under close watch globally, but there is still no evidence it causes more severe illness than other circulating strains.

How AI foundation models trained on DNA could transform plant biology ...

With eDNA metabarcoding, researchers read DNA traces from soil, water, or even air as if they were barcodes. This allows them to discover which plants are or were present, even when they are invisible ...

Deaths from motor neurone disease have tripled in Australia in the past four decades, and scientists have now identified key ...

The origin of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's or dementia isn't limited to the brain. The state of your gut can quietly set off a cycle of chronic, system-wide inflammation that nudges the ...

Why GeneDx Holdings is on investors’ radar GeneDx Holdings (WGS) has attracted attention after a period of weak share performance, including a negative return over the past month and past 3 months.