Researchers in France and Japan have transmitted what they describe as the first DNA-encrypted message between laboratories, sending encoded data between Paris and Tokyo using synthetic genetic ...

Engineered cells are a high-value genetic asset that is key to many fields, including biotechnology, medicine, aging, and stem cell research, with the global market projected to reach $8.0 trillion ...

Artificial intelligence has gotten a bad reputation lately, and often for good reason. But a team of scientists at Google’s DeepMind now claims to have found a revolutionary use case for AI: helping ...

Download the May 2026 long read podcast. Although scientists have long been able to gather DNA from water and soil, it's only ...