According to new research next-generation DNA sequencing (NGS) -- the same technology which is powering the development of tailor-made medicines, cancer diagnostics, infectious disease tracking, and ...

Proteins, one of the smallest building blocks of life on Earth, hold promise for answering some of biology's biggest questions. Consisting of amino acids strung together into peptide chains, these ...

Scientists at Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Australia have described two new species of fungi, Peziza austroechinospora and Peziza meridionalis with the assistance of DNA sequencing, highlighting ...

Airborne genetic material can be used to paint a picture of ecosystem health, watch for invasive species and even identify ...

The results are transforming how scholars understand human history. By analysing parchment, researchers are uncovering ...

As climate change outpaces the ability of ecosystems to adapt, scientists are turning to conservation genomics to guide ...

Not all parts of our genetic code are equal, even when they appear to say the same thing. Scientists have discovered that ...

A sample collected by the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft from the spinning top-like asteroid contained the nucleobases adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine, and uracil. When you purchase through links on our ...

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EM, biochemical, and cell-based assays to examine how Gβγ interacts with and potentiates PLCβ3. The authors present evidence for multiple Gβγ interaction surfaces and argue that Gβγ primarily enhances ...

New research has discovered that the molecular machines responsible for copying our DNA have a surprising hidden talent—an ...