Yo-yo dieting might cause extra weight gain

Repeated dieting may lead to weight gain because the brain interprets the diets as short famines…

Detective work across dingo fence reveals new factor in woody shrub invasion

Extermination of dingoes and the consequent loss of small mammals – not just overgrazing by livestock…

World-first therapeutic dental vaccine

A world-first vaccine that could eliminate or at least reduce the need for surgery and antibiotics…

Uncovering a ‘smoking gun’ in age-related disease

Aging is a key risk factor for a variety of devastating, chronic diseases, yet the biological…

Association between steps, functional decline in older hospitalized patients

Is walking fewer than 900 steps per day associated with functional decline in older hospitalized patients?…

Long-term, low-intensity smoking associated with increased risks of death

Low-intensity smokers who puff on 10 or less cigarettes per day over their lifetime still have…

Extreme downpours could increase fivefold across parts of the US

At century's end, the number of summertime storms that produce extreme downpours could increase by more…

RNA interference is activated in human response to influenza, other important viruses

For the first time, research shows that RNA interference (RNAi) - an antiviral mechanism known to…

Gene editing yields tomatoes that flower and ripen weeks earlier

Using a simple and powerful genetic method to tweak genes native to two popular varieties of…

Traditional Japanese art inspires a futuristic innovation: Brain ‘organoids’

The ancient Japanese art of flower arranging was the inspiration for a groundbreaking technique to create…