Their model, called Difface, applies single DNA nucleotide differences to 3D facial point clouds, or sets of data points that represent the exterior surface of a face. When tested on a Han Chinese ...

Encoded within this DNA ... nucleotides that were arranged in a spiral shape called a helix. Around the same time, researchers James Watson and Francis Crick were pursuing a definitive model ...

The results are published in the journal Advanced Science and the new technique could potentially be used for crime solving.

AlphaFold, software developed by Google’s DeepMind AI unit to predict the 3D structure ... It can now model other molecules of biological importance, including DNA, and the interactions between ...

Through the technique of DNA sequencing, first developed by Frederick Sanger, scientists can determine the exact order of nucleotides in an organism’s genes. Knowing this order is the first step ...

"By examining the DNA organization in the 3D space, we uncovered hubs where multiple genetic regions that look like they should be disconnected are actually able to communicate and work together ...

In research published in Advanced Science, investigators describe their ability to reconstruct 3D facial images from DNA data, which could have important applications in forensic investigations of ...