Many times we eat, not because we are hungry, but because of social pressures or food that is so appetizing, that, even though we are full, we just want another bite. Overeating, whether it is guided by hunger or pleasure, typically leads to obesity, which affects about 42% of the adults in the U.S., according […]

Chronically high cholesterol levels are known to be associated with increased risks of breast cancer and worse outcomes in most cancers, but the link has not been fully understood. In a study appearing online Aug. 24 in the journal Nature Communications, a research team led by the Duke Cancer Institute has identified the mechanisms at […]

Missing metadata — data that provide information about other data — might not sound like a big deal, but it’s a costly problem that’s hindering humanity’s plans to protect the planet’s biodiversity. An international team of researchers has audited the largest global repository for storing genetic sequence data to see if the entries included basic […]

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has banned organophosphate insecticide chlorpyrifos on all food crops. The decision follows an April appeal of the EPA’s previous decision in response to a petition filed by environmental groups in 2007. In 2019, under the Trump administration, the EPA elected to allow chlorpyrifos use in limited agricultural application. The […]

The desperate situation of many patients with Covid-19, and the scale of the ongoing pandemic, has sparked interest in new experimental therapies, aiming to save lives and alleviate suffering. While early ideas around repurposing existing pharmaceuticals proved mostly ineffective (barring the steroid dexamethasone), more targeted approaches could yield powerful new drugs. A number of these […]

After allied forces seized the uranium cubes that Nazi Germany was using to develop its nuclear technology during the second world war, thereby ensuring that programme did not succeed, most of them were lost to history. Only about a dozen of them remain today, at a few institutions like Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in […]

According to the WHO, about 7 million people die each year due to air pollution. Particulate matter (PM) triggers inflammatory responses in the human body, causing asthma and other respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. It is more fatal for young and growing students. The Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) has reduced time required to […]

Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, is a natural laboratory to study the origins of life. Like Earth, Titan has a dense atmosphere and seasonal weather cycles, but the chemical and mineralogical makeup are significantly different. Now, earthbound researchers have recreated the moon’s conditions in small glass cylinders, revealing fundamental properties of two organic molecules that are […]

People who get migraines are less likely to develop type 2 diabetes, while some people who develop diabetes become less prone to migraines. Today, scientists studying the link between these conditions report how the peptides that cause migraine pain can influence production of insulin in mice, possibly by regulating the amount of secreted insulin or […]