A private company was thanked by cops for helping identify a suspect in the Faith Hedgepeth case. But is law enforcement’s use of public DNA databases ethical? This is the N&O’s special report.

A research team shows that phenomic prediction, which integrates full multispectral and thermal information rather than ...

Large-scale phenotyping is generating much data that geneticists can harness. Amid the excitement about the possibilities, there are some points of caution. The whirlwind of data collection in human ...

Despite a plethora of interventions, including diet, exercise, and medications, obesity continues to be a significant health problem. The fight against obesity currently involves substantial trial-and ...

A research team has developed a low-cost, high-throughput phenotyping platform that continuously measures plant transpiration, enabling real-time monitoring of drought response.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will convene a planning committee to conduct a two-day public workshop on law enforcement use of probabilistic genotyping, forensic DNA ...

Corn is one of the world's most important crops, critical for food, feed, and industrial applications. In 2023, corn ...

Consider this situation: A family member starts avoiding social gatherings, doesn’t respond to messages quickly, becomes isolated for long periods of time, and stays online late at night becoming ...

A research team developed a fully automated, drone-based phenotyping workflow that can measure key peanut canopy and ...

A plant phenotyping project has been funded through the Wyoming Innovation Partnership Program that will equip the facility of a camera platform on a movable gantry system. Users will be able to ...