New Zealand is planning to eradicate millions of invasive animals that prey on the country's rare birds. The goal may not be ...

Genetic engineering is a key technology for boosting agricultural yields. However, it still has a bad reputation.

Several genetic variants associated with social behavior in honey bees are located within genes that have previously been ...

Hospitals may soon have a faster option, thanks to a groundbreaking system built in part by Sneha Goenka, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Princeton—and MIT Technology ...

Because of existing UN conventions and protocols, according to environmental law experts, a moratorium would have limited practical impact. For that reason, this debate feels like an era-defining ...

IIT Madras initiative aims to find ways to diagnose pre-diabetes earlier and help millions manage their risk before ...

A group of scientists has sequenced the genome of a man who was buried in Egypt around 4,500 years ago. The study offers rare ...

Attorney General Matt Platkin wants a judge to dismiss a public records lawsuit over NJ state police use of rapid DNA technology.

Detectives Tara Augustin and Alyson Dupouy investigated the 2001 murder of Leslie Preer, who was killed in her home in a ...

Multisystemic smooth muscle dysfunction syndrome (MSMDS) is a rare condition associated with stroke, aortic dissection ...

A plan to genetically engineer a version of the dodo, a giant flightless bird that disappeared 400 years ago and became the poster child for extinction,<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

Genetically modified crops are under fire, even though scientists agree that genetic engineering is a key technology for boosting yields and profits, as well as contribute to environmental and climate ...