The new findings strengthen the "RNA world" hypothesis that describes how the first life on Earth could have used RNA instead ...

More than two months after the Artemis I launch, researchers are analyzing several scientific experiments that were on board. Some work is happening at the University of Colorado Boulder within the ...

What scientists long believed were knots in DNA may actually be persistent twists formed during nanopore analysis, revealing ...

Reston, Va., Aug. 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Noblis, Inc., a leading provider of science, technology and strategy services to the federal government, today announced the successful launch and ...

Studying DNA repair is key to future space exploration, which could expose humans to risk of DNA damage caused by radiation. Studying DNA repair is key to future space exploration, which could expose ...

When scientists pulled genetic material from a pair of naturally preserved bodies in the central Sahara, they expected to ...

Animals are constantly shedding DNA into their environment, traces of which can then be detected in soil and water – and now, perhaps even air. Two new studies collected air samples from zoos and were ...

Biology has always been an unruly science. Cells divide when they want to. Genes switch on and off like temperamental lights.

When you think of robots in agriculture, you likely think of automatic threshers, fruit picking machines and corn huskers. But a recent addition at an agricultural research center is doing fiddly lab ...

NASA astronaut Nick Hague runs an analysis with the miniPCR hardware for Genes in Space-6 during Expedition 59. NASA astronaut Nick Hague runs an analysis with the miniPCR hardware for Genes in ...