The highest resolution images of a single molecule of DNA ever captured have been taken by a team of scientists, and they show atoms ‘dancing’ as they twist and writhe. Researchers from Sheffield, Leeds and York universities combined advanced atomic microscopy with supercomputer simulations to create videos of the molecules. The resolution combined with the … Read more
Do you have a hooter to rival Pinocchio’s? If so, you may be able to blame a newly-discovered gene that we share with mice which affects the pointiness of our noses. Experts from the UK and France analysed the genomes and face shapes of 6,000 people from Latin America, finding 32 gene regions that influence facial … Read more
Home Office accidentally DELETES 150,000 fingerprint, DNA and arrest records from national police database during weekly data purge – throwing UK visa system into chaos Records deleted in technological blunder and could allow offenders to go free Home Office said it was working with police to ‘assess the impact’ of the glitch Omissions appear to … Read more
Not every new animal is discovered in the jungle or rainforest: A new species of snake was discovered in a museum after being ignored by researchers for years. Levitonius mirus, also known as the Waray dwarf burrowing snake, is native to the Philippines. But specimens of the snake sent to the University of were misidentified until … Read more
Not every new animal is discovered in the jungle or rainforest: A new species of snake was discovered in a museum after being ignored by researchers for years. Levitonius mirus, also known as the Waray dwarf burrowing snake, is native to the Philippines. But specimens of the snake sent to the University of Kentucky were … Read more
Nashville police have confirmed that Anthony Quinn Warner, 63, is the prime suspect in a Christmas Day bombing, saying he died when an RV exploded outside of an AT&T building. Local and federal officials said that remains at the scene were a DNA match to Warner, an eccentric IT worker who lived outside of Nashville, … Read more
The corn on your holiday table may have more in common with ancient wild varieties from South America than the domesticated version believed to have originated in southwestern Mexico. It’s long been assumed domesticated maize traveled south from Central America, but a new study suggests the trade actually went in both directions. DNA analysis of … Read more
Form of hereditary blindness can be cured in BOTH eyes ‘by injecting modified DNA into one of them’ to fix a faulty genetic mutation, study finds Researchers injected modified DNA into the back on one eye of a LHON patient In 78 per cent of cases, blindness was cured in both eyes, the researchers found Jab … Read more
A teenager who claims he is Diego Maradona’s lovechild has demanded the football great’s body be drug up for DNA tests to prove his case. Santiago Lara, 19, instructed his lawyer to make the appeal less than 24 hours after the Naples and Barcelona star was buried. Jose Nunez lodged a written request with a … Read more
DNA belonging to Denisovans – the ancient human ancestor – discovered in a Tibetan cave may be only 45,000 years old, scientists say. The ancient Denisovan mitochondrial DNA was recovered in sediments from Baishiya Karst Cave, a limestone cave at the northeast margin of the Tibetan Plateau, 3,280 meters above sea level. Samples indicate Denisovans … Read more