It is natural to wonder whether the world is on the cusp of a nightmarish age of AI -enabled bioterrorism—and, if so, what ...

The research, published on April 24th, 2026, in Nature Microbiology, describes how the new tool, called TRAnsmision ...

Researchers at the University of Oregon have developed an artificial intelligence tool that can read genetic code the way ...

Lawrence Lile's name was spelled incorrectly in an earlier version of this story. Two homes in Columbia that used straw for insulation can be seen this month on a tour that could signal a major change ...

Camera trap shows Sumatra orangutan using a canopy bridge to cross a public road in Indonesia Trump administration fires independent board overseeing the National Science Foundation The wide-brimmed ...

In light of recent global shocks and rising external volatility, there is a growing need to effectively monitor short-term economic fluctuations, especially in countries with limited access to ...

DNA's four chemical bases can encode vast quantities of data, and the strict pairing rules that govern the double helix offer a built-in mechanism for locking and unlocking messages at the molecular ...

A pregnant woman killed in 1980 was positively identified last month using DNA technology, Southern California authorities said in a news release. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei will meet with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon this week. The two organizations have clashed as they have tried to negotiate ...

Indian AI lab Sarvam on Tuesday unveiled a new generation of large language models, as it bets that smaller, efficient open source AI models will be able to grab some market share away from more ...

Industrial yeasts are a powerhouse of protein production, used to manufacture vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, and other useful compounds. In a new study, MIT chemical engineers have harnessed artificial ...