Tropical plant native to China reveals antiobesity potential

Scientists tested the antiobesity effects of Mallotus furetianus extract native to Hainan Island, China, using obesity…

Deep learning for new protein design

Deep learning methods have been used to augment existing energy-based physical models in ‘do novo’ or…

Scientists uncover a startling–and exploitable–coordination of gene expression in tumors

A new study has identified a pair of genes whose expression by a type of immune…

Study links long-term artificial sweetener intake to increased body fat adipose tissue volume

Researchers studied the relationship between dietary intake and cardiovascular disease risk factors. Click here…

Scientists help discover the highest-energy light coming from the sun

New research details the discovery of the highest-energy light ever observed from the sun. …

Research reveals Hawai'i's undersea volcano, Kama'ehu, erupted five times in past 150 years

Kama?ehuakanaloa (formerly L??ihi Seamount), a submarine Hawaiian volcano located about 20 miles off the south coast…

New, simple and accessible method creates potency-increasing structure in drugs

Chemical structures called cyclopropanes can increase the potency of many drugs, but traditional methods to create…

Study finds a surprising new role for a major immune regulator

The immune regulatory protein STING has a previously unknown function: acting as an ion channel that…

Winter storms over Labrador Sea influence Gulf Stream system

The Gulf Stream system plays an important role in climate. The weakening of this system that…

DNA tilts and stretches underlie differences in mutation rates across genomes

Researchers have changed the way to look at DNA. They show that DNA is much more…