Lynne Cairncross, this masthead’s puzzle editor, queried my streaky bacon. Her problem was the streaky bit. In bacon terms, ...

Because the bricks self-assemble on the template DNA strand, lots of writing happens at once, rather than bit by bit. Speeding up the process, and making it accessible to non-scientists, could help ...

Typical forms of writing data to DNA sequences consisted of writing a single letter a time, or the equivalent of threading ...

This study presents important findings on the role of CXXC-finger protein 1 in regulatory T cell gene regulation and function. The evidence supporting the authors' claims is solid, with mostly ...

Now we fret about chatbots. An earlier age worried about automatons, the uncanny humanoid contraptions whose voices could ...

Sanghol village excavation happened two years after the 1984 riots in an attempt to dilute the tension. Before that, ...

In this potentially valuable computational study, the authors conducted atomistic and coarse-grained simulations to probe the temperature-dependent phase behaviors of ELF3, a disordered component of ...

AMMAN - Different teams of Australian archaeologists have been very active in northern and northwestern parts of Jordan. One ...

TEHRAN - Archaeologists working at Qeshlaq Tappeh, a site partially submerged by the Talvar Dam in Iran’s western province of ...

Perfect for toddlers, this colourful wagon features 4 sides of interactive play that help develop motor skills through shape ...

Unlike existing masonry buildings, the asymmetrically pleated edifice will provide what Marion Weiss calls a “living, ...

Today, whole genome sequencing is possible to perform in as little as three ... One of her favourite toys has strings of ...