A record player-like microscope and computer simulations solve a longtime mystery, showing that metal ions bridge DNA strands that would normally repel.

DNA is often described as the blueprint of life, but the molecules that carry genetic information do not always behave as neatly as biology textbooks suggest. Two DNA strands carry the same negative ...

For the first time, the moment two DNA molecules zip together has been captured on camera, solving a mystery that has plagued scientists studying this fundamental biological process for more than 20 ...

There was a time when a single-page paper revealed the 'way of copying' for living things.In 1953, James Watson and Francis ...

LOS ANGELES - Caltech researchers have produced the most sophisticated DNA-based computer yet, a wet-chemistry system that ...