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Sourdough breads have been baked for thousands of years. Sourdough’s simple recipe, which can be tweaked to produce a deep flavor profile, became a staple of thousands of lockdown kitchens. Now, a new analysis of the interior of the bread has revealed the factors that give sourdough its unique taste.

Researchers examined how vaginal bacteria access glycogen, which is thought to be their key source of nutrition.

Using a newly developed microscopy method, researchers have been able to quantify how small, dynamic molecular aggregates form in living cells for the first time. Such aggregates play an important role in signal processing.

Vlad III was so terrifying, he’s thought to have inspired the creation of the literary vampire, Count Dracula. Now, a scientific examination of his letters is giving new insights into his health.

A single scaffold protein is critical for the formation of part of the nucleolus, giving clues to how the nucleolus evolved around 300 million years ago.

Young vegetables known as microgreens are reputed to be particularly good for health. Now, researchers are trying to find out if microgreens are the superfood they’re claimed to be, and how they compare to mature veggies.

New research has identified the genes and molecular mechanisms behind the production and secretion of immunoglobulin G, which could help advance antibody-based therapy manufacturing.

Follicular helper T cells, or Tfh cells, have a crucial role in immune defense. Without Tfh cells, B cells cannot form germinal center, or GC, responses during which high-affinity antibodies are generated.

An AI system has been developed that can recognize and characterize white and red blood cells, helping physicians to diagnose blood disorders.

Forensic researchers have made headlines for decades in their discoveries of what happens to human bodies after death.