Traces of Leonardo da Vinci's DNA May Have Been Discovered on a Red Chalk Drawing Called Holy Child

Researchers suggest that they have recovered sequences from ancient works and letters that may belong to the Renaissance ...
Live Science

Leonardo da Vinci's DNA may be embedded in his art — and scientists think they've managed to extract some

In a first, scientists have extracted DNA from a Renaissance-era drawing attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, but they can't be ...
ZME Science

Meet Stephen Quake: The Scientist Who Treats Biology like Physics and Turned Life Into Data

Biology has always been an unruly science. Cells divide when they want to. Genes switch on and off like temperamental lights.

Adaptive Biotechnologies spinout raising $15M to develop clinical sequencing tech

Digital Biotechnologies Inc., a new Seattle-based subsidiary of publicly traded immune medicine company Adaptive ...

This Diminutive Reptile Plays Rock-Paper-Scissors

Side-blotched lizards probably don’t call the game that, but they play a version of it anyway. A new study explains the ...
IEEE

3-D Negative-Sequence Current Reconstruction Method for DC Bus Voltage Ripple Suppression

Abstract: The negative-sequence components in the unbalanced grid will lead to the dc bus voltage ripple, as well as the grid current harmonics. Existing methods rely on the grid voltage, inductance, ...
C&EN

New CRISPR-based tool targets DNA secondary structures with sequence specificity

A graphic representation of a round, lumpy, blue protein and a single, comblike, purple strand of RNA interacting with a twisted, double, blue strand of DNA that separates where it meets the RNA. A ...
IEEE

Synthetic Zero-Sequence Signal-Based Intelligent Location Method for Single-Phase Ground Fault in Distribution Networks

Abstract: Distribution system structures are intricate and variable, with single-phase ground (SPG) fault occurring frequently. Existing section location methods for SPG faults are often influenced by ...