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High-calorie foods—high in fat, oil, and sugar—can taste good but often cause overeating, leading to obesity and major health problems. But what stimulates the brain...

Climate change could overexpose rare underwater "marimo" algae balls to sunlight, killing them off according to a new study at the University of Tokyo.  Marimo...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A University of California, Riverside, study performed in the Eastern Coachella Valley, one of California’s top agricultural production regions, has found that farmworkers there...

Sex changes the biological clock of female fruit flies, through a "sex peptide" which is transferred from the male during mating.Credit: Riva et al., 2022,...

Existing conservation efforts are insufficient to protect Antarctic ecosystems, and population declines are likely for 65% of the continent’s plants and wildlife by the year...

While preventive health care is usually associated with primary care providers, a majority of office visits for preventive services among reproductive-age women happened with obstetrician-gynecologists...

Carnegie Mellon University’s Yongxin (Leon) Zhao and the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Shih-Chi Chen have a big idea for manufacturing nanodevices.Credit: Carnegie Mellon University...

New research shows that glassfrogs—known for their highly transparent undersides and muscles—perform their “disappearing acts” by stowing away nearly all of their red blood cells...

A fundamental principle of molecular biology governs how proteins are made within the cell, which happens in two stages called transcription and translation. During transcription,...

A zebrafish swims toward its intended target, but strong currents push it off course. Nevertheless, the tiny fish swims back to its original location, determined...

Embargoed until Thursday December 22, 2022, 11 a.m. ETCredit: National Eye Institute Embargoed until Thursday December 22, 2022, 11 a.m. ET Contact: Dustin Hays  [email protected]  ...

The use of light to produce transient phases in quantum materials is fast becoming a novel way to engineer new properties in them, such as...

Sedentary behavior, a large waist circumference, and advanced age: These factors are clearly associated with inferior physical fitness among people aged 50 to 64.  In...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECredit: Image credit: David Horsey, Johns Hopkins Medicine. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE After an intrepid, decade-long search, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have...

Researchers have discovered a process that can contribute to the melting of ice shelves in the Antarctic.Credit: Karen Alley Researchers have discovered a process that...