Clean plates much more common when we eat at home

When people eat at home, there's typically not much left on their plates - and that…

Opioid addiction treatment behind bars reduced post-incarceration overdose deaths in Rhode Island

A new study suggests that treating people for opioid addiction in jails and prisons is a…

Patients with Chagas disease are often infected with an intestinal parasite

In patients with Chagas disease, the odds of being infected by the intestinal worm Strongyloides stercoralis…

Turning background room temperature heat into energy

Researchers in Japan have developed a way to recover environmental heat with a new type of…

More than a well-balanced breakfast: Scientists use egg whites for clean energy production

Eggs may soon fuel more than people in the morning. Researchers in Japan have developed a…

Could sugar chains be the answer to bone growth in osteoporosis?

Scientists have shown that altering the structure of sugar chains on the surface of stem cells…

Watching myelin patterns form: Evidence for sheath remodeling revealed by in vivo imaging

Nerve fibers are surrounded by a myelin sheath. Scientists have now made the first-ever 'live' observations…

Heavy bones, low body weight: New link between bone cells and blood sugar level found

Bone cells do not just form new bone, they also influence the blood sugar level. Scientists…

Hydrogen transfer: One thing after the other

Hydride transfer is an important reaction for chemistry (e.g., fuel cells), as well as biology (e.g.,…

‘Green’ catalysis technique aims to boost pharmaceutical manufacturing efficiency

About 70 percent of pharmaceuticals are manufactured using palladium-driven catalytic processes that are either fast or…