In recent years, malware authors have developed increasingly sophisticated rootkits that burrow into the operating system itself, modifying basic filesystem and process management code in a way that ensures they are essentially invisible to anyone...

There are times when the new generation of optics-based biosensors amaze me: they are incredibly sensitive, easy to use, and very reliable. Instruments based on surface plasmons are already on the market, and their sensitivity allows them to pick up...

In our last installment on DNA sequencing, we brought you up to speed on the Sanger method of sequencing (named after its dual-Nobel-winning inventor, Fred Sanger), which was state-of-the-art around the time of the completion of the human genome. That...

In May, the ACLU announced that it was suing to invalidate a patent that covers testing for genetic variants associated with breast cancer. The suit targeted Myriad Genetics, which licenses the patent, and the University of Utah officials that...

Readers of Ars will undoubtedly be familiar with some of the battles over spectrum allocation for wireless devices and services. As the number of wireless devices and their bandwidth requirements continue an apparently inexorable climb, the fight over...