The genetic link between bones discovered thousands of miles away from each other suggests a prehistoric migration route.

The U.S. government is divesting from mRNA vaccines, but will other uses of the technology be spared? In a time of ...

Natural spiderwebs are good at capturing DNA from the environment, but artificial webs are cheap and provide better control – ...

A newly discovered protein from Earth's toughest animal is inspiring breakthrough therapies for cancer and cardiovascular ...

You can always be judged by your scars. This is the idea that sums up what researchers at Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) claim is one of the new breakthroughs in basic and biomedical ...

Serum tumor markers (STMs), including alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), are currently used in management of patients with germ cell tumors (GCTs). STMs in a substantial ...

Reporting in Nature, scientists have identified a novel process that protects the ends of chromosomes from incorrectly applied DNA repair. Although DNA repair is a crucial mechanism that can protect a ...

Replication describes when the DNA molecule is replicated in full, which happens when a cell divides, for instance. "I believe that the torsion in the molecules can actually give rise to the formation ...

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. In 1957, just four years after Francis Crick and other scientists solved the riddle of ...

Opening up about his inspiration for the upcoming animation, Smurfs director Chris Miller wanted to “honour the DNA of the original comics” with his take on the creatures. Barack Obama responds to ...