The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has proposed sweeping new rules that would make it mandatory for all immigration ...

ETH Zurich scientists have created “MetaGraph,” a revolutionary DNA search engine that functions like Google for genetic data. By compressing global genomic datasets by a factor of 300, it allows ...

Under the proposed rule, DHS would be authorised to collect biometric data — such as fingerprints, iris scans, voiceprints, ...

In a recent study, Dr. Oszkár Schütz and his colleagues analyzed 156 ancient genomes from the Sarmatian period, spanning the 1st to 5th centuries CE. The aim of the study was to clarify the origins ...

New research from the University of Wisconsin–Madison reveals that dysfunction in a protein essential to maintaining ...

Summer McKesson struggled to breathe for years. Doctors told her it was because her blood would not stop clotting – and they ...

The Trump administration proposes a broad expansion of the US biometric data collection programme, now including DNA from ...

One hundred years after the heroic journey to Nome, scientists reveal how Balto's DNA explains his incredible endurance and ...

Recent research has uncovered a fascinating mechanism in the nematode worm C. elegans that could have profound implications ...

An international research team led by Hiroki Shibuya at RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan has ...

Medical Watch Digest for Oct 30 CTE causes DNA damage A brain disorder associated with chronic repeated head blows, may also ...

A trove of the bankrupt company’s DNA profiles on millions of users is up for sale on the darknet.