In a nutshell: Walnuts activate brain region involved in appetite control

Double-blind test bolsters observational data that walnuts promote feelings of fullness. Results provide a quantitative measure…

Fizzy soda water could be key to clean manufacture of flat wonder material: Graphene

As graphene's popularity grows as an advanced 'wonder' material, the speed and quality at which it…

Changing tides: Lake Michigan could best support lake trout and steelhead

Invasive mussels and less nutrients from tributaries have altered the Lake Michigan ecosystem, making it more…

New strategy to treat aggressive lung cancer

Research on a novel therapeutic avenue for an aggressive and difficult to treat subgroup of lung…

Scientists discover powerful potential pain reliever

Chemists have discovered a powerful pain reliever that acts on a previously unknown pain pathway. The…

Injecting manure instead of spreading on surface reduces estrogen loads

With water quality in the Chesapeake Bay suffering from excess nutrients and fish populations in rivers…

Comparing the jaws of porcupine fish reveals three new species

Researchers compared fossil porcupine fish jaws and tooth plates collected on expeditions to Panama, Colombia, Venezuela…

Daily e-cigarette users had highest rates of quitting smoking

Among US adults who were established smokers in the past five years, those who use e-cigarettes…

Problems with DNA replication can cause epigenetic changes that may be inherited for several generations

Scientists reveal that a fault in the process that copies DNA during cell division can cause…

Larvaceans provide a pathway for transporting microplastics into deep-sea food webs

A new article shows that filter-feeding animals called giant larvaceans can collect and consume microplastic particles,…