Credit: Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library/ What is DNA, and how does it work? You don't need a degree in genetics to understand. Here, we'll give an overview of DNA and answer questions ...

The technique uses a long strand of DNA with a set sequence—the template—and a bunch of shorter, premade DNA molecules that can base pair with specific spots on the template—the bricks.

The sequence of base pairs in DNA determines the genetic code, which is read in triplets to specify the amino acid sequence of proteins. The complementary nature of base pairing allows for the ...

Remote-controlled microflow using light-controlled state transitions within DNA condensates has been reported by scientists from the Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan. By switching between ultraviolet ...

The formula for Evo’s success is basic in principle. The model is large, bestowed with 7 billion variables, known in computer science as parameters, and trained on loads of data. Its objective is ...

Investigating how mutations in tumors alter DNA’s 3D structure—and subsequently, regulatory sequences called enhancers—can ...

Thanks to the freely variable sequence of the four DNA base pairs involved, a single gram of DNA could encode 17 exabytes of data (17 million terabytes), as scientists at the University of ...

As the title may suggest, a deletion mutation occurs when there a piece of DNA is removed from the sequence. The size of the DNA that is removed can vary in length, from a single base pair to an ...

In the vast and often unseen world of microscopic life, a recent discovery may force scientists to rethink what it means to ...

More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA sequencing reveals how these two populations also intermingled.

The Synthetic Human Genome Project (SynHG) will take decades to complete and cost anything from millions to hundreds of ...