Scientists have discovered that DNA behaves in a surprising way when squeezed through tiny nanopores, overturning a long-held ...

Scientists are exploring how DNA’s physical structure can store vast amounts of data and encode secure information.

The Ames Campus students took a trip to the Dolan DNA Learning Center at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

Although DNA is tightly packed and protected within the cell nucleus, it is constantly threatened by damage from normal ...

Since the dawn of the computer age, researchers have wrestled with two persistent challenges: how to store ever-increasing ...

In 1869, Swiss scientist Friedrich Miescher isolated a mysterious substance from cell nuclei—an overlooked finding that would ...

Before the DNA revolution of the early 2000s, genealogy was a study dependent on records. Tracing a line of heritage could hit a dead end if documentation had gone missing or been destroyed. But as ...

"By cleverly combining new techniques for analyzing DNA at the level of individual molecules, we can achieve real breakthroughs in research into conditions such as dementia," predicts Professor John ...

Most biochemistry labs that study DNA isolate it within a water-based solution that allows scientists to manipulate DNA without interacting with other molecules. They also tend to use heat to separate ...

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By blending scientific accuracy with creative design, one builder hopes to make the history of DNA accessible, interactive, ...