Over the past ten years or so, investigations of degraded or ‘ancient’ DNA have skyrocketed. By extracting DNA fragments from diverse sources —from human teeth and faeces to soil samples and ...

A team of scientists, led by Xing Wang of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has created a tiny hand, dubbed the NanoGripper, from a single piece of folded DNA that can grab covid-19 ...

Researchers have tested ancient DNA from corn found at archaeological sites in Arkansas, shedding new light on the dispersal of one of the world's most important food crops. Researchers have ...

Are DNA ancestry tests a reliable way to trace your ancestry? Neil and Beth discuss this and teach you some new vocabulary. Well, my Mum actually did our family tree, and she found a lot of our ...