Researchers have developed a new technique for making metamaterials with nanoscale structures that can be tuned with strange optical properties. Using gold nanoparticles attached to strands of DNA ...

The world of crime and DNA has evolved significantly over the past decade, including the use of phenotyping to help solve ...

Eight-color STR multiplex system provides more information per casework sample MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New chemistry for DNA analysis will empower forensic laboratories to overcome common ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – There’s a new ...

Super-resolution fluorescence microscopy is a powerful tool for biological research, but obtaining multiplexed images for a large number of distinct target species remains challenging. Here we use the ...

Many men might not even think to do it. But Color Genomics founder and president Othman Laraki has had himself tested for the BRCA pair of genes, which are widely known to correlate to breast cancer ...

Imagine if criminals conveniently left calling cards at crime scenes that helped describe the culprits. Barring video or photographic evidence, the closest investigators have come to this dream has ...

The government of the German state of Bavaria has just passed a new law that will give police much more leeway when it comes to using DNA to track down a suspect, Science reports. Until now, law ...

An international team has developed a novel tool to accurately predict eye, hair and skin color from human biological material -- even a small DNA sample -- left, for example, at a crime scene or ...

Genetic testing company Color is mostly known for its DNA tests for cancer, but its most recent test kit is all about the heart. Color's new kit can detect predispositions to various inherited heart ...