Researchers have reconstructed ancient herpesvirus genomes from Iron Age and medieval Europeans, revealing that HHV-6 has ...

A new CRISPR breakthrough shows scientists can turn genes back on without cutting DNA, by removing chemical tags that act ...

Researchers discover a unique genetic code in Antarctic archaea that encodes a rare amino acid, potentially advancing protein ...

2025年12月份即将结束，12月份Science期刊又有哪些亮点研究值得学习呢？小编对此进行了整理，与各位分享。 这是一个常见的叙事套路：顽固的敌人最终被揭示为不可或缺的朋友。生物学也有自己的版本。康奈尔大学的研究人员发现，被称为核小体的DNA包装结构——传统上被视为基因表达的障碍，实际上有助于减少DNA链的扭转应力，并促进遗传信息的解码。

Around 45 percent of human DNA is made up of transposable elements, or TEs—genetic leftovers from now-extinct viruses that scientists once believed to be “junk DNA.” But that view is changing, and a ...

Science is searching for the secret to their extreme longevity from many angles. But scientists still hadn’t covered the ...

The new storage system could hold family photos, cultural artifacts and the master versions of digital artworks, movies, ...

In a first, scientists have extracted DNA from a Renaissance-era drawing attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, but they can't be ...

Scientists have sequenced the largest known animal genome — and it's 30 times bigger than the human genome. The genome belongs to the South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa), a primeval, ...