Scientifically-designed fasting diet lowers risks for major diseases
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A randomized trial shows cycles of a five-day fasting diet designed by a USC researcher safely reduces the risk factors...
Emotions are cognitive, not innate, researchers conclude
Emotions are not innately programmed into our brains, but, in fact, are cognitive states resulting from the gathering of information, New York University Professor...
DNA patterns can unlock how glucose metabolism drives cancer, study finds
Genomically instable cancer cells can have as many as two times more chromosomes than healthy cells, as well as other abnormalities (left, circles). When...
Increased levels of active vitamin D can help to optimize muscle strength
Researchers have shown that increasing the levels of active vitamin D can help to optimize muscle strength in humans. Image credit:Flickr/Urban Wired
Researchers at the...
MRIs predict which high-risk babies will develop autism as toddlers
This is a pseudo-colored image of high-resolution gradient-echo MRI scan of a person.Image credit: Flickr/nihgov
This first-of-its-kind study used MRIs to image the brains of...
Is a stretchable smart tablet in our future?
Chuan Wang, assistant professor of engineering at Michigan State University, displays the stretchable electronic material he and his research team developed in his lab.
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Father’s diet impacts on son’s ability to reproduce, study in flies suggests
A new study found that a father's diet can affect their son's ability to out-compete a rival's sperm after mating.Image Credit: Flickr/Aikawa Ke
New research...
Global ocean de-oxygenation quantified
The first in-depth study on the observed global ocean oxygen content was just published by Kiel scientists in Nature.Image credit: Flickr/Michio Morimoto
The first in-depth...
Flat-footed fighters: Heel-down posture in great apes and humans confers a fighting advantage
A diagram of an experimental setup to test how a plantigrade (heel-down) stance affects the amount of force a person is able to apply...
Black-hole-powered jets forge fuel for star formation
This is an artist impression of galaxy at the center of the Phoenix Cluster. Powerful radio jets from the supermassive black hole at the...
‘The blob’ of abnormal conditions boosted Western US ozone levels
Researchers use the ski lifts to carry equipment to sample air on the summit. A radon sensor travels to the peak of Mount Bachelor.Credit:...
