Scientists are exploring how DNA’s physical structure can store vast amounts of data and encode secure information.

SAN ANTONIO – The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office made a significant breakthrough in a yearlong murder investigation that had seen little progress. Stacey Dramiga, 63, was attacked, sexually assaulted and killed last September while she was on a walking ...

More than 12 years since a skull was discovered in Shasta County, advanced DNA testing has revealed that the remains belonged to a Napa woman, officials said. In March 2013, brush cutting workers found the skull among blackberry bushes while working in ...

Australians looking to learn more about their heritage through commercial ancestry websites could be helping police solve cold cases.

In the time it takes to process thousands of tips and chase down leads, serial offenders can strike again. That's why forensic expert David Mittelman is arguing the rapid DNA breakthroughs in the Idaho murders and Rachel Morin cases have revealed a new ...

DNA, the blueprint of life, is best known for its fundamental role as genetic material—storing and transmitting biological information through the precise sequence of its bases. For decades, this information-storage function has defined how we think about DNA.

The search for the “Today” show host’s mother, nearing its second week, has transfixed the public in Arizona and beyond.

FBI agents are fanning out across an Arizona neighborhood not far from Nancy Guthrie’s home TUCSON, Ariz. — Fresh surveillance images from Nancy Guthrie’s porch the night she went missing, coupled with intense police activity across Arizona and the detention of a man had raised hopes that authorities were nearing a major break.