The recent DNA Barcode Scanner Hack brought together a range of experts to brainstorm a handheld modular DNA analysis device that could identify timber samples in the field, help flag wildlife ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Researchers at the University of Alabama in Huntsville are using DNA to identify invasive plants and help them from spreading in the United States. The research involves a ...

Who doesn't worry about skeletons lurking in the gene closet? Soon, instant DNA mapping could ease those fears -- or deliver the cold, hard truth. A prototype diagnostic tool under development by two ...

On a crisp fall morning in 2011, Alexander “Sascha” von Bismarck arrived at a wood-flooring processing plant in Dalian, China. He was there as part of a years-long project, knee-deep in an ...

Omaha police can now collect more DNA from cold-case evidence and analyze data from smart watches, homes and vehicles. The department also may acquire software allowing detectives to walk through a ...

DURHAM, N.C. – DNA testing of garden ferns sold at plant nurseries in North Carolina, Texas, and California has found that plants marketed as American natives may actually be exotic species from other ...

Online claims that Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) body scanners used by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) can unzip DNA and interfere with human DNA are false. The claim is based on ...