A groundbreaking cattle genome has given researchers their clearest look yet at what makes Wagyu beef so special. By ...

A mummified wolf pup that died in Siberia roughly 14,400 years ago has yielded a scientific first: a complete woolly ...

Plants rely on complex chemical defenses to survive attacks from pathogens, yet the genetic basis underlying the production ...

Meg Staton, left, associate professor of bioinformatics and computational genomics in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, and Scott Schlarbaum, director of the UT Tree Improvement ...

Twenty-five years ago this week, President Bill Clinton stood before a podium in the East Room of the White House, and, in front of an all-star lineup of researchers and dignitaries, made a historic ...

In a groundbreaking scientific achievement, researchers have successfully decoded the DNA of the giant moa, a bird that roamed New Zealand before its extinction hundreds of years ago. This discovery, ...

With a background in biology and genetics, Cao saw the chip's potential for genetic analysis and for decoding the human genome. In late 2003, he left his junior research-associate post at Princeton, ...

Scientists say they have finally assembled the full genetic blueprint for human life, adding the missing pieces to a puzzle nearly completed two decades ago. An international team described the ...

The new round of industrial revolution requires a significant transformation in the mode of materials research and development. Materials genome engineering, aimed at accelerating the R&D of new ...