Authorities arrest Raul Ayala for the 2003 murder of 88-year-old Edna Schubert after a breakthrough in DNA and fingerprint ...

Edna Schubert was found dead by concerned neighbors when they saw the front door to her house in North Bay Shore ajar.

Known as the neighborhood grandma, 88-year-old Edna Schubert often spent her days helping children with their math homework ...

Suffolk District Attorney Ray Tierney said the cold case was solved thanks to modern technology — and the persistence of a ...

Two decades after 88-year-old Edna Schubert was brutally beaten to death in her North Bay Shore home, Suffolk police solved ...

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the nucleic acid polymer that forms the genetic code for a cell or virus. Most DNA molecules consist of two polymers (double-stranded) of four nucleotides that each ...

DNA sequencing is any chemical, enzymatic or technological procedure for determining the linear order of nucleotide bases in DNA. Sanger sequencing by replicative synthesis in the presence of ...

DEI stands for diversity, equity and inclusion. DEI programs were gradually introduced a federal programs after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed. The act was constructed to prevent any ...

Scientists at deCODE genetics have unveiled a groundbreaking map of human DNA mixing during reproduction, offering insights into genetic diversity, health, and fertility. Credit: SciTechDaily.com ...

Homologous recombination occurs when microbes exchange DNA with each other and integrate ... "That is, how to define species and the underlying mechanisms for species cohesion." ...

Comparison of that ancient DNA with modern human DNA showed that the two species had interbred and that people today still carry the genetic fingerprint of that intermixing. Since then ...

Of course, though, testing a child's parentage based on physical features is far too subjective — that's typically where DNA tests come in. Such tests can offer a far more scientific way of ...