Modern human faces are surprisingly delicate compared with the jutting jaws and broad noses of our closest extinct cousins.

A State Police crime lab analyst who testified that he found blood on dozens of items and areas in Walshe’s home was called ...

High-resolution imaging has revealed the internal layout of chromatin condensates, showing how DNA fibers fold and interact ...

Inside every human cell, six feet of DNA folds into a nucleus that is only a few micrometers wide, yet still manages to ...

A study funded in part by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has revealed important insights into the genetics of deposits in the eye, known as reticular pseudodrusen (RPD), that are linked to ...

Scientists read ancient DNA from South African hunter gatherers and found a very early human branch that shaped survival ...

Cancer isn't just about broken genes—it's about broken architecture. Imagine a city where roads suddenly vanish, cutting off ...

This toxin, called colibactin, is made by certain strains of E. coli and other microbes that naturally live in the human gut.

EMBARGOED: A new study to be presented Dec. 6 at the 2025 American Society of Hematology (ASH) meeting reveals that even subtle disruptions in genome architecture can predispose individuals to ...

Colibactin is a powerful toxin produced by Escherichia coli and other bacteria living in the human gut. This highly unstable ...

The microbe Pyrodictium abyssi is an archaeon—a member of what's known as the third domain of life—and an extremophile. It ...

After two decades in the making, scientists have cracked the code on a drug that can repair DNA, setting the scene for a new ...