Investigators using technology that lets them analyze DNA quickly without a lab have positively identified the remains of 14 of the 16 people killed in a massive blast at a Tennessee explosives plant Friday,

MetaGraph compresses vast data archives into a search engine for scientists, opening up new frontiers of biological discovery

The Fusco case is just one of several Nassau County cold cases recently revived by DNA breakthroughs. Just two weeks ago, officials used investigative genealogy to identify the remains of Susan Mann, who was found dead in a Freeport dumpster in 1982.

DNA testing linked a human skull found in 2004 to Alice Mae Sullivan. 20-year-old Tennessee State University sophomore Alice Sullivan was studying business. She was last seen on campus on Aug. 28, 1986. Her family knew something was wrong when she did not pick her son up from a babysitter. She has been missing for 39 years.

Scientists are researching ways to genetically modify plants and animals to be more resistant to threats like climate change. The IUCN is voting on whether those species should be allowed in nature.

New rapid DNA technology is helping the TBI identify victims of the deadly ammunition plant explosion. The technology can produce results in under 2 hours compared to 8 hours with traditional methods.

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 has ordered what is certain to be a controversial documentary that analyzes a sample of Adolf Hitler ’s DNA. Blink Films is making Hitler’s DNA: Blueprint of a Dictator.

Chemists at Université de Montréal have developed "signaling cascades" made with DNA molecules to report and quantify the concentration of various molecules in a drop of blood, all within five minutes.