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The Gilgo Beach murder case is moving toward a trial, but two defense requests are slowing things down. Rex Heuermann's attorneys are asking for more time as they challenge something called nuclear ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Cleveland man who wants DNA testing to challenge his conviction lost a key round Tuesday, when the Ohio Supreme Court ruled 6-1 that judges don’t have to give detailed reasons when ...

Researchers from the University of Birmingham have uncovered answers that provide the detail to explain two specific DNA repair processes that have long been in question. The publication of two papers ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising secret about our DNA: it’s not a static blueprint, but a constantly shifting, folding structure that helps control how genes turn on and off. Researchers at the ...