Gastric banding as effective as metformin in slowing prediabetes, type two diabetes

People with prediabetes or new-onset type 2 diabetes who had gastric banding, a type of bariatric…

Every cell has a story to tell in brain injury

Traumatic head injury can have widespread effects in the brain, but now scientists can look in…

‘Double agent’ in the immune system may make us vulnerable to bacterial infections

Scientists have discovered the role of an immune system double agent. This molecule, called USP18, can…

Evidence mounts linking aspirin to lower risk of ovarian cancer

A new study found that women who reported taking a low-dose aspirin every day had a…

Astronomers discover sonic boom from powerful unseen explosion

A team of astronomers has detected the sonic boom from an immensely powerful cosmic explosion, even…

Observations challenge cosmological theories

Since the big bang, fewer galaxy clusters have formed over time than was actually expected. Physicists…

Amputation injury is communicated to opposing limbs

In research that extends knowledge about the physiology of regeneration and wound repair, biologists have discovered…

Windier wind farms

Depending on how wind turbines are situated relative to each other and to the prevailing wind,…

Chemotherapy may lead to mitochondrial dysfunction in skeletal muscle

Chemotherapy drugs to treat breast cancer may promote muscle mitochondrial dysfunction, according to new research. Dysfunctional…

Newly detected microquasar gamma-rays ‘call for new ideas’

The first-ever detection of highly energetic radiation from a microquasar has astrophysicists scrambling for new theories…