The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

Scientists have discovered that T cell receptors activate through a hidden spring-like motion that had never been seen before ...

The hormone estrogen—which female animals typically have more of than males—triggers a molecular cascade in the gut that ...

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, our skin tissue—and in fact many types of epithelial tissue that lines and covers the ...

Gut problems like irritable bowel syndrome are often worse in women. A mouse study reveals a pain pathway involving estrogen, ...

Seals give birth only when conditions are right. After mating, a female seal can delay implantation of the embryo in the ...

Cells may generate their own electrical signals through microscopic membrane motions. Researchers show that active molecular ...

UCSF researchers showed that estrogen can turn on pain signals in the gut, offering new insights into conditions like ...

CBD and THC kill ovarian cancer cells at doses that largely spare normal cells, disrupting survival pathways through multiple ...

“I think what just happened was you accidentally made a lasagna battery,” Charles (Ted Danson) says in a Season 2 episode. “The steel pan acts as the cathode and the aluminum port, and then all the ...

Activation of certain memory B cells may be driving systemic lupus erythematosus incidence in individuals who had ...

Scientists have identified a small flaw in the enzyme GPX4 that prevents neurons from defending themselves. This mutation, ...