Wired for obesity
Scientists are piecing together how genes involved in neural development can affect body weightCredit: Dr. Sebastien Bouret, CHLA Leading a unique, collaborative research study with...
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Psychological distress is a risk factor for dementia
Results from a Danish population-based study Copenhagen, January 16, 2019: A new study suggests that vital exhaustion - which can be perceived as an indicator...
Awareness is barrier to 'plastic-free periods'
Almost a third of people unaware of plastic hidden in menstrual products -- studyCredit: Dr Dannielle Green, Anglia Ruskin University New research indicates that more...
Models of life
Artificially produced cells communicate with each otherCredit: Aurore Dupin / TUM Friedrich Simmel und Aurore Dupin, researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), have...
Size matters — To livebearer fish, big fins are a big deal
Females love males with big dorsal fins, but the appendages first evolved for males to fight other malesCredit: UC Riverside To female molly and Limia...
Researchers race against extinction to uncover tree's cancer-fighting properties
Are we killing the cure?Credit: Designed by Zeng Xiaolian Three Chinese fir trees on a nature reserve in Southeastern China are the last of their...
Brain vital signs capture undetected impairments in ice hockey players with concussions
New concussion study shows existing tests may not be detecting brain function changes in young ice hockey playersCredit: Health and Technology District's BrainNET Surrey, British...
What happened 4,000 years ago in the Urals?
Together with Russian researchers, archaeologists from the universities of Frankfurt and Mainz are studying Bronze Age activity in the steppe between Europe and AsiaCredit: Ural...
Novel same-day Type 2 diabetes treatment study launches in US
Minimally invasive procedure could help patients control blood sugarCredit: Fractyl Laboratories HOUSTON - Jan. 17, 2019 -- A same-day procedural therapy to improve glucose control...
Scientists confirm pair of skeletons are from same early hominin species
Research part of detailed accounting of nearly two-million-year-old speciesCredit: © Sculpture Elisabeth Daynes /Photo S. Entressangle Separate skeletons suggested to be from different early hominin...
The cytoskeleton of neurons has been found to be involved in Alzheimer's disease
A researcher at the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country has participated in the study into the impairment of the dynamics of spines that receive information...
A new way to transfer energy between cells
Researchers have described new behaviour in energy metabolism that contradicts the evidence available until now Researchers from the Catalonian Institute of Bioengineering (Instituto de Bioingeniería...
Complex molecules emerge without evolution or design
Credit: University of Groningen In biology, folded proteins are responsible for most advanced functions. These complex proteins are the result of evolution or design by...
Coming soon: A blood test for Alzheimer's disease?
People with symptoms of Alzheimer's disease (AD), such as cognitive difficulties, behavior changes and mood swings, may wait months or even years to get a...
Millions of Americans exposed to elevated nitrate levels in drinking water
Analysis shows Hispanic communities are disproportionately exposed Newton, Mass. (January 17, 2019) - More than 5.6 million Americans are potentially exposed to nitrate in drinking...
