By blending scientific accuracy with creative design, one builder hopes to make the history of DNA accessible, interactive, ...

In 1869, Swiss scientist Friedrich Miescher isolated a mysterious substance from cell nuclei—an overlooked finding that would ...

DNA's iconic double helix does more than "just" store genetic information. Under certain conditions it can temporarily fold into unusual shapes. Researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, have now shown ...

This biography of the 1962 Nobel Prize-winning scientist reveals a mighty intellect who loved the arts as much as science.

Wolfgang Epstein, professor emeritus of molecular genetics and cell biology and a frontier researcher in molecular genetics, ...

It’s hard enough to come to terms with your own mortality. But there are some iconic stars and public figures who are so bright that you might assume they will be around forever. And yet, just like ...

There’s more to dna than just the double helix we know and love: under some conditions this familiar molecule can take on ...

Sidewinder achieves highly accurate assembly of long DNA sequences from scratch, offering a new leap forward for programmable biology ...