Scientists often describe life as a series of chemical reactions. Pallav Kosuri, PhD, describes life as movement. Chemical ...

Wake County has opened its first DNA laboratory. The $1.6 million facility was partially funded through grants. Wake was one of 99 counties in North Carolina using the state crime lab. Sam Pennica, ...

The new lab will allow Wake County to prioritize its caseload and reduce reliance on the state crime lab. RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Wake County has opened a new DNA forensics laboratory inside the Wake ...

Wake County is launching its own DNA lab, saying the $1.6 million dollar investment will help law enforcement get test results much more quickly. WRAL first reported the announcement in 2022, when ...

For more than a decade, one question remained unanswered: Who killed Irasema Chavez? Now, Arlington police and the FBI say advances in DNA technology have led to a major break in the 2012 cold case.

A disgraced Colorado DNA analyst’s guilty plea is putting JonBenét Ramsey’s murder back in the spotlight, as her father renews his push for cutting-edge DNA testing that he believes could finally ...

The US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has developed new portable field devices that will allow soldiers to identify unknown biological threats, including bioengineered ones, based on RNA and DNA ...

Nicknamed "the Taj Mahal," the Jefferson Combined Court opened in Golden, Colorado in 1993 (Craig Talbert via Wikimedia) GOLDEN, Colo. (CN) — A former Colorado crime lab scientist faces up to 16 years ...

Scientists have discovered that a gene normally considered a DNA-protecting "good guy" can become dangerous when cells make too much of it. The gene, EXO1, acts like molecular scissors that help ...