ETH Zurich scientists have created “MetaGraph,” a revolutionary DNA search engine that functions like Google for genetic data. By compressing global genomic datasets by a factor of 300, it allows ...

A new tool developed at, MetaGraph, allows scientists to search through vast public DNA and RNA databases in seconds — like a ...

Researchers have long been attempting to piece together the trek of Neanderthals from Europe into Asia around the Middle and ...

Soybean plants often deal with and survive destructive insects and drought and if they survive they pass these “memories” ...

As we enter entrepreneurship month this November, we’re celebrating the professors and alumni who are fueling job creation ...

There’s 99.9% similarity across human genomes, with the remaining 0.1% variation being what makes each person unique.1 In ...

Researchers have discovered giant DNA structures in oral bacteria, and data hint they could influence the function of your ...

When Napoleon’s once invincible army limped out of Russia in winter 1812, frostbite and hunger were merely half the story.

Ancient DNA from Napoleon’s soldiers reveals enteric and relapsing fevers - not typhus - as key killers during the army’s ...

California has a way of exaggerating things—mountains, deserts, and egos. But its insects? They take excess to another level.