Optical traps and tweezers use focused light beams to capture and move tiny biological particles, such as cells or DNA ...

Researchers at MIT have developed a new kind of “tractor beam” that can move and manipulate tiny biological particles like cells and DNA using light. This technology, inspired by the concept seen in ...

Users of 23andMe were encouraged by privacy experts to delete their data from the genetic testing service, based in the Bay ...

A new Star Trek-like tractor-beam technology is pushing optical tweezer technology ahead into the realm of science fiction.

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For many years, scientists have known that genetic variants, or differences in DNA code across people, play some role in ...

DNA is the molecule that holds the instructions for all living things. DNA achieves this feat of storing, coding and transferring biological information though its unique structure. Replication of ...

Si-photonics chip emits beam of light; towards piezoelectric converters without transformers; digital twin for autonomous ...

But these creatures leave clues, in the form of DNA, on the leaves and branches. Now, researchers report in Environmental Science & Technology that they have developed a way to collect this ...

We had a full male DNA profile. DNA technology was new back in 1991, but investigators hoped that DNA would someday lead them to Sarah's killer. In the meantime, they had eyewitnesses. Drew Miller ...