A type of flavonoid found in dark-pigmented fruits like red grapes and blueberries may slow the…
Mediterranean diet may blunt air pollution’s ill health effects
Eating a Mediterranean diet may protect people from some of the harm of long-term exposure to…
Giant Chinese salamander is at least five distinct species, all heading toward extinction
With individuals weighing in at more than 140 pounds, the critically endangered Chinese giant salamander is…
Receptor proteins that respond to nicotine may help fat cells burn energy
The same proteins that moderate nicotine dependence in the brain may be involved in regulating metabolism…
Vocal neurons encode evolution of frog calls
A study of two closely related frog species reveals a population of neurons that give rise…
Computer redesigns enzyme
Biotechnologists used a computational method to redesign aspartase and convert it to a catalyst for asymmetric…
Feel the burn: Biochemical pathway that spurs beige fat cells to burn energy is discovered
Researchers have identified a brain receptor and signaling pathway that spurs beige fat cells to burn…
Mice regrow brain tissue after stroke with bioengineered gel
In a first-of-its-kind finding, a new stroke-healing gel helped regrow neurons and blood vessels in mice…
Discovery for grouping atoms invokes Pasteur
Scientists have found a new way of joining groups of atoms together into shape-changing molecules --…
Turning entanglement upside down
Physicists have come up with a surprisingly simple idea to investigate quantum entanglement of many particles.…