Atlas Data Storage partners with imec for advanced DNA storage and Biomemory acquires Catalog Technologies to enhance its DNA block-based printing storage technology.

In Lake Malawi, hundreds of species of cichlid fish have evolved with astonishing speed, offering scientists a rare opportunity to study how biodiversity arises.

Crystal jellyfish have an eerie beauty: thanks to a natural protein, they emit a faint green glow. For decades, researchers ...

French DNA storage pioneer Biomemory has acquired rival Catalog, and told us where it sees the technology in the years ahead.

An expert who worked on the infamous Idaho murders case has explained how digital technology could unearth new clues in the mysterious disappearance of Nancy Guthrie. “People forget how much their ...

By now, it’s firmly established that modern humans and their Neanderthal relatives met and mated as our ancestors expanded ...

The next generation of data storage may not sit inside a computer at all – it could exist inside DNA molecules. As the world generates more digital information than ever before, scientists are racing ...

Police are awaiting possible DNA evidence after a man’s computer and other electronics were reported stolen from his Bluffton-area apartment last week, according to the Beaufort County Sheriff’s ...

In the human body, stem cells process genetic information in an exceptionally reliable and very fast manner. To do this, they specifically access certain sections of the DNA in the cell nucleus.

In human cells, there are about 20,000 genes on a two-meter DNA strand—finely coiled up in a nucleus about 10 micrometers in diameter. By comparison, this corresponds to a 40-kilometer thread packed ...

The investigations of KIT researchers have shown that biomolecular condensates enable fast yet reliable activation of the right genes. “Biomolecular condensates are tiny drops that form in specific ...