DNA, long known as the molecule that carries genetic information, is taking on a new role in science. Researchers now see it as a powerful building material for machines so small they operate at the ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KSL) — Salt Lake police have arrested a Cedar City man in connection with a 33-year-old cold case homicide. James Wallace Petersen III, 63, was charged on March 6 in Utah’s 3rd ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake police have arrested a Cedar City man in connection with a 33-year-old cold case homicide. James Wallace Petersen III, 63, was charged on March 6 in 3rd District Court with ...

An identical twin commits a crime and leaves their DNA at the scene. Can DNA testing reveal which twin is the culprit? This question reportedly came up in a case in France last month, in which the DNA ...

PHOENIX — Human remains that were found in Golden Valley in 2000 were recently identified using DNA technology, authorities announced. Teenagers found the remains on Oct. 22, 2000, in a desert area ...

A longitudinal study shows that puberty may reprogram children’s epigenetic profiles in ways that track worsening or improving insulin resistance, uncovering early molecular signals of future ...

Over 50 years ago, a baby was found in a black trash bag inside a Columbus County landfill. For decades, the baby went by “Baby Doe” and remained unidentified. That all changed this week when advanced ...

WHITEVILLE, N.C. (WECT) - Advanced DNA technology has allowed investigators to identify a baby girl found at a Columbus County landfill in 1979, leading to the arrest of her alleged mother nearly 50 ...

VALLEY COUNTY, IDAHO, Idaho — A decades-old sexual assault cold case has been solved with the help of advanced DNA analysis, according to the Valley County Sheriff's Office (VCSO). The victim reported ...

For decades, scientists viewed the genome of a newly fertilized egg as a structural "blank slate"—a disordered tangle of DNA waiting for the embryo to wake up and start reading its own genetic ...