Every living organism has its own genetic "blueprint": the source code for how it grows, functions and reproduces. This blueprint is known as a genome. When scientists sequence a genome, they identify ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. You’re listening to our weekly science news roundup. First up, a new AI model could help ...

The global single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping market size was valued at USD 7.24 billion in 2025 and is predicted to hit around USD 19.48 billion by 2034, rising at a 11.7% CAGR, a study ...

The sweetpotato feeds millions worldwide, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, where its natural resilience to climate extremes makes it crucial for food security. But this humble root vegetable has ...

A research team led by the A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore (A*STAR GIS) have developed a method to accurately and efficiently read DNA containing non-standard bases — a task once thought too ...

A research team led by the A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore (A*STAR GIS) have developed a method to accurately and efficiently read DNA containing non-standard bases—a task once thought too ...

Each cell in our bodies carries about two meters of DNA in its nucleus, packed into a tiny volume of just a few hundred cubic micrometers-about a millionth of a milliliter. The cell manages this by ...

"This is truly a platform technology, a whole new way of doing things that can change the paradigm of the way things are done in the lab." Elsewhere, a half-dozen companies are racing to come up with ...

Engineered DNA can store massive amounts of data while also encrypting it, opening the door to ultra-secure, long-term ...