Bioinformatics

The idea that mass extinctions allow many new types of species to evolve is a central concept in evolution, but...

Scientists develop modern analytical techniques as a tool for advancing forensic investigations Credit: Shinsuke Kunimura from Tokyo University of Science...

DeepMAge is an epigenetic aging clock with a 2.77 years error margin, which makes it the most accurate DNAm clock...

Cancers often involve far more than a genetic mutation acting alone. Multiple mutations, many of which are rare, may occur...

Researchers at Virginia Tech and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have used a computer-aided design tool to create genetic languages...

Developing and testing a new anti-cancer drug can cost billions of dollars and take many years of research. Finding an...

Tracing where your DNA was formed over 1,000 years ago is now possible due to a revolutionary technique developed by...

Man or woman? Male or female? In humans and other mammals, the difference between sexes depends on one single element...

Scientists in Russia plan to use DNA - our genetic material - to help them solve one of the perennial...

Medical implants, complex interfaces between brain and machine or remotely controlled insects: Recent developments combining machines and organisms have great...

ZENBU, a new, freely available bioinformatics tool developed at the RIKEN Center for Life Science Technology in Japan, enables researchers...

Massey University scientists have discovered a universal law that explains how hybrid species survive and thrive. Massey University computational biologist...

Although the time and cost of sequencing an entire human genome has plummeted, analyzing the resulting three billion base pairs...

Unexpected behaviour in ferroelectric materials explored by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory supports a new...