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Researchers Can Identify You From The Way You Type And Use Your Mouse
New research could allow our physical behaviour to be used as a secure way of logging in to our computers and smartphones, a team at the University of Oxford say, claiming that they can also detect...
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Texas Just Exonerated A Man Who Spent 12 Years Behind Bars For A Rape He...
DALLAS (Reuters) - A 57-year-old Texas man who spent 12 years in prison for rape was exonerated on Friday, with legal experts saying his case marked the first time someone has been cleared of a crime...
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New Virus Found Living In The Guts Of Potentially 50% Of Humans
A virus that lives in the human gut has just been discovered, and to the surprise of scientists, it can be found in about half the world's population, according to a new study.While it's not yet clear...
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Researchers Have Successfully Made A Completely New Two-Dimensional Material...
In spite of its looks, this is not the lovechild of an accordion and an earthworm. It is actually a whole new material photographed in the middle of its creation process.It's a crystalline material...
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Chemotherapy Could Be Obsolete In 20 Years Thanks To This DNA Mapping Project
Chemotherapy will be obsolete within 20 years, scientists have predicted after launching a landmark project to map 100,000 genomes to find the genes responsible for cancer and rare diseases.By the time...
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This Online Dating Site Thinks It Can Match You Based On Your DNA
A new site called SingldOut is taking a unique approach to matchmaking: They're going all the way to your DNA to find you your perfect match.Jana Bayad and Elle France were tired of all the online...
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Amateur Detective Says He Used DNA To Identify Jack The Ripper
An amateur detective claims to have solved a century-long mystery with DNA evidence taken from a scarf found at a "Jack the Ripper" murder scene, NBC News reports.Russell Edwards has a book out on...
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Soon, It Will Cost Less To Sequence A Genome Than To Flush A Toilet — And...
We don't traditionally think of flushing the toilet as an action that costs money. But actually the cost of a flush comes in at about 1 cent. Imagine if sequencing a genome was that easy and cheap?...
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Soon An App Could Give You Health Advice Based On Your DNA
Maybe you have a fitness tracker. Maybe you've gotten your genome sequenced before. Probably your medical records are kept in electronic, instead of paper, form. Now some companies are seeking to...
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DNA Discoverer's Nobel Prize Medal Just Sold For Almost $5 Million
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Nobel Prize gold medal awarded to the U.S. scientist and co-discoverer of DNA, James Watson, sold at auction on Thursday for more than $4.7 million, smashing the world record...
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Here's How Humans Domesticated Horses
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Speed, smarts, and the heart of a champion: using genomic analysis, scientists have identified DNA changes that helped turn ancient horses such as those in prehistoric cave art...
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Russia Is Creating A 'Noah's Ark' With The DNA Of Every Creature That Ever...
Moscow State University just received Russia's largest-ever scientific grant in a bid to create a veritable "Noah's Ark" containing the DNA of every living and extinct creature on the planet.The...
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Obama's 'precision medicine' program could bring individualized treatment
Hidden among all the other announcements in last week's State of the Union address by US President Barack Obama was a promise to fund a new "precision medicine initiative".The president said it would...
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Obama wants to analyze the DNA of 1 million Americans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has proposed analyzing genetic information from more than 1 million American volunteers as part of a new initiative to understand human disease and develop...
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British lawmakers just approved the 'three-parent baby' law
British lawmakers in the House of Commons voted Tuesday to allow scientists to create babies from the DNA of three people — a move that could prevent some children from inheriting potentially fatal...
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A company is now modeling suspects' faces using DNA from crime scenes
This winter, a biotechnology company began offering a whole new service to police departments. Virginia-based Parabon NanoLabs' Snapshot service allows police to send Parabon NanoLabs DNA samples taken...
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New research on ‘fat genes’ may classify some obesity cases as a disability
The research is expected to fuel moves to categorise obesity as a disability and could change thinking in the UK's National Health Service about how the condition is treated.Fat genes are to blame for...
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The biggest biotech discovery of the century is about to change medicine forever
On a November evening last year, Jennifer Doudna put on a stylish black evening gown and headed to Hangar One, a building at NASA’s Ames Research Center that was constructed in 1932 to house...
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23andMe just got approval to sell a kit that tests for a rare genetic disorder
Google-backed 23andMe won U.S. approval on Thursday to market the first direct-to-consumer genetic test for a mutation that can cause children to inherit Bloom syndrome, a rare disorder that leads to...
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Your DNA can be collected and used in court without your permission
In 2009, a Maryland county court convicted Glenn Raynor of rape, the verdict hinging on a key piece of evidence: Raynor's DNA samples.However, Raynor didn't give his DNA willingly.After he consistently...
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