Scientists are one step closer to pinpointing fragments of Leonardo da Vinci’s elusive DNA. A team of researchers from the ...

Learn about the Leonardo DNA Project and the diverse biological traces that survive on the surface of historical artifacts.

A discovery in the hunt for Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA could uncover lost artworks and shed light on his genius. The Leonardo da ...

Scientists with the ambitious Leonardo da Vinci DNA Project think they have potentially snagged a sample of DNA from the ...

Researchers working on the Leonardo da Vinci DNA Project believe the Renaissance Man left his DNA on the chalk drawing titled ...

Scientists have recovered tiny DNA traces left on Renaissance artifacts, at least some of which they suspect belong to ...

Leonardo da Vinci suggested simple wood treatments that still influence durable and sustainable building today.

Leonardo da Vinci was not just a painter of masterpieces like the Mona Lisa, he was a visionary whose ideas stretched ...

Scientists have recovered a sample of DNA from a Leonardo da Vinci drawing that could belong to the Renaissance polymath.

What if a single Renaissance drawing could reveal not just who made it, but the biological traces of Leonardo da Vinci ...

Yakisugi is a Japanese architectural technique for charring the surface of wood. It has become quite popular in ...

Leonardo da Vinci was a genius of the ages, born to unwed parents near Florence, Italy, in 1452. Davinci's mother soon married another man, leaving young Leonardo to grow up on his biological father's ...