Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), with collaborators from the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), ...
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With a storage capacity of 36 petabytes, a DNA-based cassette tape can hold every song every recorded, and it could be on the ...
A large genetic study shows that many people carry DNA sequences that slowly expand as they get older. Common genetic ...
A new CRISPR breakthrough shows scientists can turn genes back on without cutting DNA, by removing chemical tags that act ...
An analysis of genetic data from over 900,000 people shows that certain stretches of DNA, made up of short sequences repeated ...
It has been claimed that because most of our DNA is active, it must be important, but now human-plant hybrid cells have been ...
What scientists long believed were knots in DNA may actually be persistent twists formed during nanopore analysis, revealing ...
Running out of space on your phone? Don't upgrade your cloud-storage subscription just yet. Scientists in China have discovered that images, text files and other digital data can be stored in strands ...
A Northwestern Medicine study has revealed a previously unknown connection between two fundamental cellular processes, ...
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PHILADELPHIA — Deep in the mangrove swamps of the Caribbean lives a giant bacterium with a surprise trick for organizing its DNA. Thiovulum imperiosus wraps its genetic material in membranous fingers, ...