UV lights come in a variety of different wavelengths, but not all are equally effective at disinfection. Researchers tested a number of commercially available lights to find the best.
Studying ancient DNA in Africa is valuable for understanding human evolution, population migrations, and human history locally, regionally and globally.
Recovering historical genetic data has been severely impeded by the methods used to preserve specimens, from dried butterfly wings to platypus bills floating in alcohol.
Samantha Lee, The University of Western Australia; David Mackey, The University of Western Australia, and Serena Wee, The University of Western Australia
Understanding your genes is a great way to understand certain things about yourself — yet, who we are is determined by so much more than just DNA.
mRNA technologies for vaccine production is gaining more prominence
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Thanks to the collaborative efforts of governments, funding agencies, academia, biotech and pharmaceutical companies, large-scale manufacturing of mRNA drug products is becoming a reality.
Endometriosis can be an extremely painful condition.
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To stay healthy, it’s important to understand how wildfire smoke can harm your body and how to protect yourself.
Tyrannosaurus rex was a relentless predator who lived during the Cretaceous Period more than 65 million years ago.
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Using a technique called admixture mapping, researchers can leverage the diversity of people with mixed ancestry to look for hard-to-find genetic risk factors for diseases like Alzheimer’s disease.
129 officers and crew died during the 1845 Franklin Northwest Passage expedition. DNA analysis from their remains of members can reveal the identity of the men who perished during the journey.
An Afrikaner family from the 1930s. Scientific analyses are unpacking Afrikaners’ genetic origins.
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Given the central role that ethnicity played and still plays in South African politics, it is good to have an unbiased estimate of Afrikaners’ genetic history.
Anything that moves or processes tiny amounts of fluid is a microfluidic device.
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Electronics are not the only technology to have been miniaturized. Using the strange behavior of fluids in tiny spaces, microfluidic devices are critical to medicine, science and the modern world.
A simple two-dimensional grid can convey a lot of information – whether making pictures with Lite-Brite or storing data in DNA.
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DNA has been storing vast amounts of biological information for billions of years. Researchers are working to harness DNA for archiving data. A new method uses light to simplify the process.
Some long non-coding RNAs make it easier for cancer cells to multiply.
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