In the dense machinery of gene regulation, few molecules have proven as paradoxical as MED1, a subunit of the Mediator...

Petroleum refinery sludge is one of the least hospitable environments on Earth—a toxic cocktail of hydrocarbons, heavy metals, and chemical...

Scientists in China have assembled, for the first time, the complete mitochondrial genome of Asparagus cochinchinensis, a medicinal herb cherished...

In the transitional hills where the Mediterranean climate of Türkiye's southern coast gradually yields to the harsher continental conditions of...

When diners order a piece of "flake" at a fish and chip shop in Western Australia, they are rarely told...

Precision medicine has transformed the way clinicians approach some forms of cancer, but for the vast majority of gynecological disorders...

Eggplant, one of the world's most beloved vegetables and a staple of cuisines from South Asia to the Mediterranean, is...

Ovulation has long been described as a rupture, a brief and violent moment when a mature follicle bursts open to...

The liver is not a uniform organ, and the hormone estradiol does not act on it uniformly either. That is...

Scientists have taken one of the clearest genetic looks yet at how well the heart's own blood supply adapts under...