A little-known structure beside the ovary is being called a “new female organ” online. Known as the rete ovarii, it was first described in 1870 and long dismissed as a foetal developmental leftover. A ...

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Foundations in Biological Inquiry takes students beyond step-by-step laboratory exercises to become collaborators in ...

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The FDA has plenty of advice for pharmaceutical companies. It publishes guidance documents, establishes scientific expectations, and expects drug developers to explain themselves when they take a ...

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Scientists have uncovered a surprising function of a molecule that controls inflammation: It not only recruits immune cells ...

Switch Bioworks announces collaboration with Bayer Crop Science to advance biological nitrogen. Switch Bioworks, a deep tech ...

From bread-making and food processing to nutritional supplementation, yeast plays a diverse role in everyday life, offering ...

Researchers have developed a revolutionary microscope that uses an incredibly powerful laser to make previously invisible ...

Among the numerous endogenous peptide–metal complexes that have attracted scientific interest over the past several decades, ...