The biological research of UC Santa Cruz’s Needhi Bhalla to determine the molecular motions at the heart of heredity has ...

An international team of researchers led by Professor Huaijun Zhou from the UC Davis Department of Animal Science has created ...

The Egyptian Fayoumi is thought to be a particularly ancient breed of chicken. An international team has now developed the first map of gene regulation in chickens, potentially opening the way to find ...

Thanks to a mouse watching clips from "The Matrix," scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date—a diagram of the wiring connecting 84,000 neurons as they fire off messages.

New research has uncovered more about the complexity of human gene regulation by identifying certain sequences of proteins ...

From the smallest fragment of brain tissue, the intricate blueprint of the entire brain is beginning to emerge. Researchers ...

A genetic engineering company has stunned the world by bringing the ancient dire wolf back from extinction, but it won't stop ...

The genetic code acts as life’s instruction manual, telling cells how to build proteins from DNA and RNA. Though it's a ...

California produces 99% of the nation’s pistachios, generating nearly $3 billion in economic value in the state. But pistachios have been slightly understudied in part because of the lack of a ...

Explore key aspects of progressive genetic hearing loss, from causes to future hope, in this in-depth look at a silent challenge.

The Florida Gators are officially heading to the Final Four. On March 29, the team pulled off an 84-79 comeback victory over ...

Utrecht University has appointed Bas van Steensel as Special Professor of Chromosome Biology. Van Steensel will lead fundamental research into how chromosomes function and how genetic information is ...