MetaGraph compresses vast data archives into a search engine for scientists, opening up new frontiers of biological discovery ...

A new tool developed at ETH Zurich, MetaGraph, allows scientists to search through vast public DNA and RNA databases in seconds — like a “Google for DNA.” DNA sequencing has transformed biomedical ...

Mikhail Karasikov and his colleagues at ETH Zurich worked on MetaGraph, a search engine designed for genomic databases containing massive troves of DNA and RNA sequences.

Researchers have discovered giant DNA structures in oral bacteria, and data hint they could influence the function of your ...

By making the world's microbial DNA easier to explore, a new sequence alignment tool, LexicMap, lets scientists search for a DNA sequence against millions of bacterial and archaeal genomes in minutes, ...

Learn how radiocarbon dating and ancient DNA analysis revealed that hippos were alive and thriving during Europe’s last ice ...

DNA sequencing is an emerging frontier of medicine that could transform medical care as we know it. Dr. Celia Egan shares ...

CRISPR-based tools can’t easily access the DNA in these organelles, but researchers are finding other ways in.

Breakthroughs in synthesis have given rise to a multi-billion dollar industry of mail-order services providing custom synthetic DNA, which has proven incredibly useful to scientists doing valuable ...

Researchers have sequenced the South American lungfish genome, uncovering a DNA content nearly 30 times larger than the human ...