Scientists find brain hormone that triggers fat burning
TSRI Assistant Professor Surpriya Srinivasan (left) and TSRI Research Associate Lavinia Palamiuc led the new study. Credit: The Scripps Research Institute / Madeline McCurry-Schmidt
Biologists...
Chronic sleep deprivation suppresses immune system
Immune system functions best when it gets enough sleep. Seven or more hours of sleep is recommended for optimal health. Image credit: Flickr/Benjamin Watson
Many...
Climate change helped kill off super-sized Ice Age animals in Australia
Image Credit: Flickr/Ken and Nyetta
During the last Ice Age, Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea formed a single landmass, called Sahul. It was a strange...
Premature babies don’t use sensory-prediction brain process that may be key to development
The new findings offer clues to the mystery of why otherwise healthy babies born prematurely face higher risk of developmental delays as they grow....
Artificial intelligence uncovers new insight into biophysics of cancer
New research shows that artificial intelligence (AI) can help scientists in fields such as oncology and regenerative medicine control complex biological systems to reach...
New ‘needle-pulse’ beam pattern packs a punch
Three representations of the 'needle pulse' beam, showing how the circular wave fronts collapse into a needle-like thin power distribution with no side lobes....
Boron atoms stretch out, gain new powers
Stills from a simulation of the properties of one-dimensional boron shows the material that starts as a ribbon transforms into a single-atom chain, until...
A new brain mapping technique reveals circuitry of Parkinson’s disease tremors
Image Credit: Flickr/amy leonard
If a piece of electronics isn't working, troubleshooting the problem often involves probing the flow of electricity through the various components...
For this metal, electricity flows, but not the heat
Vanadium dioxide (VO2) nanobeams synthesized by Berkeley researchers show exotic electrical and thermal properties. In this false-color scanning electron microscopy image, thermal conductivity was...
Team discovers key to restoring great tomato flavor
Scientists have identified the important factors that have been lost and put them back into modern tomatoes. Image Credit: Flickr/beautifulcataya
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Scientists use stem cells to create human/pig chimera embryos
This photograph shows injection of human iPS cells into a pig blastocyst. A laser beam (green circle with a red cross inside) was used...
