Biology

Deep beneath the farmlands of northwestern Tanzania, radiation has always been there. It comes from uranium, thorium, and potassium locked...

A single change in mitochondrial DNA, one letter swapped for another in a gene carried by thousands of families across...

In the war against one of the world's most neglected tropical diseases, a new front is opening in an unexpected...

Chicken infectious anemia virus (CIAV), one of the most damaging immunosuppressive pathogens in global poultry production, is undergoing an aggressive...

The flavor of a glass of sheep's milk, long assumed to be dictated primarily by the animal's genetics and diet,...

In a finding that could reshape how scientists think about one of the world's most persistent parasitic infections, researchers in...

In a discovery that could reshape how industries break down stubborn biological waste, researchers at Ghent University have identified a...

The human breast is far more than a uniform sheet of milk-producing tissue. It is a mosaic of distinct epithelial...

Forensic genetics has long relied on a workhorse technology that, despite decades of refinement, has always had a fundamental blind...

In the dense tropical forests of Thailand, a remarkable case of botanical deception has come to light—one that rewrites what...