Researchers have introduced genetic material into plants via their roots, opening a potential pathway for rapid crop improvement.

Scientists used nanoparticles to introduce genetic material into plants, enabling faster and temporary crop modifications.

A group of Georgia senators filed new legislation that would expand who, and when, genetic material is harvested for use by ...

Perhaps you’ve read in a biology textbook that humans have the same number of genes as Caenorhabditis elegans, a worm used in ...

Ancient DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past. Could it also help rescue the future?

A groundbreaking data storage technology could preserve an entire human genome in a tiny 5D memory crystal. Developed by ...

The Ganga, one of the holiest rivers in India, has been scientifically proven to possess a unique self-purification ability.

Experts agree that advances to GMO technology means laws need to change. But just how those changes look is contentious.

It’s hard to say something nice about viruses, but Dr. Joaquín Martínez Martínez can. Dr. Martínez Martínez is a new aquatic ...

Scientists in Spain detected Enterovirus C105 (EV-C105), a rare virus linked to respiratory and possible neurological illness ...

Ageing brain cells sometimes forget who they actually are. This was discovered by researchers at the University of Innsbruck, ...