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Turning discarded DNA into ecology gold – Nature.com

Turning discarded DNA into ecology gold  Nature.com

Ecologists are monitoring biodiversity using DNA shed by wildlife into the environment.

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Researchers use DNA to take pictures of cells – Science Magazine

Researchers use DNA to take pictures of cells  Science Magazine

To look at a cell, you used to need a microscope. Now, researchers have found a way to view cells by using their own genetic material to take snapshots.

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DNA confirms a weird Greenland whale was a narwhal-beluga hybrid – Science News

DNA confirms a weird Greenland whale was a narwhal-beluga hybrid  Science News

DNA analysis of a skull indicates that the animal had a narwhal mother and beluga father.

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This is the next challenge in DNA research, and it could change everything – Haaretz

This is the next challenge in DNA research, and it could change everything  Haaretz

On June 16, 2001, it was announced that one of the most ambitious and significant scientific projects in human history had been completed: publication of a draft …

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Couple’s 1973 murder solved through new DNA technique – ABC News

Couple’s 1973 murder solved through new DNA technique  ABC News

Linda and Clifford Bernhardt were killed in their Montana home on Nov. 6, 1973.

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Leap forward for molecular computing as DNA executes six-bit algorithms – Chemistry World

Leap forward for molecular computing as DNA executes six-bit algorithms  Chemistry World

A general-purpose, reprogrammable molecular computer has been constructed from DNA by a team of researchers in the US and Ireland. The system can …

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Ancient migration transformed Spain’s DNA – BBC News

Ancient migration transformed Spain’s DNA  BBC News

A migration from Central Europe transformed the genetic make-up of people in Spain during the Bronze Age, a study reveals. DNA evidence shows the migrants …

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Woman discovers shocking family truths after at-home DNA test: “I literally started crying” – CBS News

Woman discovers shocking family truths after at-home DNA test: “I literally started crying”  CBS News

Last Updated Mar 11, 2019 3:14 PM EDT. Spit in a little tube, mail it in, and wait for the results. That’s all you have to do when taking a gene test by the …

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Your DNA can end up on objects you’ve never touched – Science News

Your DNA can end up on objects you’ve never touched  Science News

Two new studies show that even brief contact with another person or object could transfer your DNA far and wide.