Scientists have uncovered an enormous hidden archive of plant DNA that has endured for more than 400 million years. By comparing hundreds of plant genomes, researchers identified more than 2.3 million ...

A Texas-based DNA lab helped get answers in two New York state cold cases this week. One was the case of Nassau County resident Barbara Waldman, who was found murdered in her Oceanside home on Jan. 11 ...

Researchers uncovered millions of ancient plant DNA switches—some older than flowering plants themselves—revealing a hidden evolutionary blueprint stretching back 400 million years. Most people have ...

Wildlife populations that become small and isolated, often due to habitat loss, inevitably experience inbreeding which can lead to the loss of fitness and eventual extinction. One solution is to ...

A futuristic “DNA origami” vaccine platform may one day outperform mRNA shots while being easier to produce and distribute. Credit: Shutterstock Scientists have developed a new DNA origami–based ...

David Oppenheimer discusses the themes and origins of his book, “The Diversity Principle: The Story of a Transformative Idea” ...

The DNA foundation model Evo 2, first released in February 2025 as a preprint, is now published in the journal Nature.

The DNA foundation model Evo 2 has been published in the journal Nature. Trained on the DNA of over 100,000 species across ...

With up to $25 million from Cancer Grand Challenges, an international team led by UC San Diego professor Ludmil Alexandrov, ...

Established in 1809, Miami University is located in Oxford, Ohio, with regional campuses in Hamilton and Middletown, a learning center in West Chester, and a European study center in Luxembourg.

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A researcher, professor and federal policy adviser, he guided students who went on to do groundbreaking work in connecting the world online. By Peter Wayner David J. Farber, a gregarious professor of ...