By now, it’s firmly established that modern humans and their Neanderthal relatives met and mated as our ancestors expanded ...

DNA, the genetic blueprints in every living organism, is nature's most efficient storage mechanism, capable of storing about 215 million gigabytes of data per gram. That storage capacity, if applied ...

Delaware police have successfully used DNA genealogy, which is being considered to identify unknown DNA found in Nancy ...

For the first time, researchers have succeeded in developing an artificial DNA base pair that is based on a different chemical force than natural genetic material. While the common natural DNA ...

A pioneering test is improving early diagnosis for people with hereditary cancer caused by a genetic condition. Just over 30 years ago, Carol Coughtrey was diagnosed with bowel cancer and a blood test ...

Rebecca Schulman is a professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Hopkins who is currently working on developing new materials that both contain and process information. Schulman recently ...

Scientists are exploring how DNA’s physical structure can store vast amounts of data and encode secure information.

The next generation of data storage may not sit inside a computer at all – it could exist inside DNA molecules. As the world generates more digital information than ever before, scientists are racing ...

Police are awaiting possible DNA evidence after a man’s computer and other electronics were reported stolen from his Bluffton-area apartment last week, according to the Beaufort County Sheriff’s ...

The new storage system could hold family photos, cultural artifacts and the master versions of digital artworks, movies, manuscripts and music for thousands of years, scientists say. When you purchase ...