A new technique, based on a chain reaction of recognition and hybridization events between two sets of DNA hairpin molecules, offers an enzyme-free alternative for the rapid detection of specific ...

Prior to the pandemic, e-commerce made it seem like everything was right at our doorstep. This WSJ documentary takes viewers on the monthslong, 14,000-mile journey of a typical consumer good from ...

Polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, is a laboratory technique used to make multiple copies of a segment of DNA. PCR is very precise and can be used to amplify, or copy, a specific DNA target from a ...

Learn more here. In 1942, the Manhattan Project needed to create a chain reaction—a crucial step toward proving that it would be possible to make an atomic bomb. The scientists achieved this sustained ...

On "Forbes Newsroom," Jonathan Conricus, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, explained why he thinks the end of Bashar al-Assad’s reign in Syria is the start of a chain ...