Our bodies are extremely efficient at storing fat from food into our fat tissue. In a…
Global warming: Odd microbial partnerships via electrically conductive particles
Human activities have contributed to global warming subsequently leading to increasing erosion of land. This results…
PET imaging agent could provide early diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis
A novel PET tracer can visualize joint inflammation and could provide early diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis,…
The brain’s ‘rising stars’: New options against Alzheimer’s?
A new study points to a novel potential approach against Alzheimer's disease. In studies in mice,…
Decoding the brain’s learning machine
In studies with monkeys, researchers report that they have uncovered significant new details about how the…
Early HIV treatment key to avoiding brain atrophy
While the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has largely dropped from news headlines since the 1990s, at…
Antimatter study to benefit from recipe for ten-fold spatial compression of plasma
Physicists studying antimatter have now derived an improved way of spatially compressing a state of matter…
Mining for gold with a computer
Engineers report important new insights into nanoporous gold -- a material with growing applications in several…
Mercury rising: Are the fish we eat toxic?
Researchers say industrial sea fishing may be exposing people in coastal and island nations to excessively…
Instrument to rapidly test if drugs contain trace crystallinity
Researchers have created a device that can quickly and inexpensively determine whether new pharmaceutical formulations have…