Anna Schecter is the senior coordinating producer for CBS News and Stations' Crime and Public Safety Unit, based in New York. Senior producer, CBS News Investigative Unit Pat Milton, an award-winning ...

Scientists at Stanford University have discovered that DRT3, a unique defense system found in bacteria, creates DNA to protect against viral infections. DRT3 is made up of two different enzymes called ...

Prosecutors continued their case for the death penalty against Tanner Horner, who has already pleaded guilty to the 2022 murder and kidnapping of 7-year-old Athena Strand. Jurors heard emotional ...

Male DNA found on Athena Strand's rape kit A forensic analyst testified during Tanner Horner's murder trial that male DNA was found on Athena Strand's rape kit. FOX 4's Peyton Yager has more on the ...

Previous Trial Coverage: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9-11 | Day 12 | Day 13 | Day 14 | Day 15 | Day 16 | Day 17 | Day 18 | Day 19 | Day 20 Tanner Horner, the ...

Killer FedEx driver Tanner Horner may have sexually assaulted 7-year-old Athena Strand before her twisted murder – which the sicko meticulously planned out in advance, a Texas prosecutor said. The ...

Paper files, photographs, magazines and digital media twist together to form an DNA strand, representing how tomorrow's data could be stored in DNA.University of Missouri DNA data storage has recently ...

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Johnson and Alistar competed as finalists in CU Boulder’s 2025 Lab Venture Challenge where their technology generated much interest from industry leaders. Access to DNA is crucial in many branches of ...

For decades, scientists believed that DNA strands under stress would form knots, tangling into chaotic shapes. But new research led by the University of Cambridge shows otherwise: when put under ...

Plectonemes are the analog of the twisted tangles of telephone cords, and can form in DNA that is pulled through a nanoscale channel. They are called plectonemes. They are the analog of the twisted ...