In a breakthrough discovery, scientists from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) today reported that inhibiting a liver enzyme in obese mice decreased the rodents’ appetite, increased energy expenditure in adipose (fat) tissues and resulted in weight loss. The finding, published in Cell Metabolism, provides a potentially desirable drug […]

In a new study conducted in rats, scientists report evidence that vitamin K could help protect against aging-related cognitive declines associated with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. “Vitamin K2 demonstrated very promising impact in hindering aging-related behavioral, functional, biochemical and histopathological changes in the senile aging brain,” said Mohamed El-Sherbiny, PhD, of AlMaarefa […]

Childhood trauma may be linked to a heightened risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) in later life among women, finds research published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. The observed associations were strongest for sexual abuse and for experience of several categories of abuse, the findings show. The evidence suggests that childhood trauma can […]

An analysis of statewide data in California from 2004 to 2016 found that homicide rates for adults who live with handgun owners were twice as high compared to adults who did not. Among homicides occurring at home, adults were seven times more likely to die by homicide with a firearm at the hand of a […]

Honey might be a sweet solution for developing environmentally friendly components for neuromorphic computers, systems designed to mimic the neurons and synapses found in the human brain. Hailed by some as the future of computing, neuromorphic systems are much faster and use much less power than traditional computers. Washington State University engineers have demonstrated one […]

Skillset, experience, work ethic — and appearance? According to a new Penn State study, reactions to a new work team member may differ depending on the newcomer’s attractiveness and gender. The paper, co-authored by Stephen Humphrey, Alvin H. Clemens Professor of Management in the Penn State Smeal College of Business, investigates how team members engage […]

New mutations occur at increasing rates in the mitochondrial genomes of developing egg cells in aging rhesus monkeys, but the increases appear to plateau at a certain age and are not as large as those seen in non-reproductive cells, like muscle and liver. A new study using extremely accurate DNA sequencing methodology suggests that there […]

Pennsylvania farmers markets generate an estimated $100 million in sales each year, according to a new Penn State Extension analysis that provides a snapshot of farmers markets’ contribution to the local food economy in the commonwealth. Using 2021 data collected from 15% of the farmers markets in Pennsylvania, the researchers found that these markets generated gross sales […]

The exclusion of pregnant patients in initial COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials left many patients and doctors wondering how the vaccine might affect pregnant patients and their unborn babies. But a new Northwestern Medicine study finds the vaccine is not associated with birth defects that are detectable on ultrasound. “This is yet another important piece of […]

In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, more than a dozen scientific publishers have halted transactions or promotion of their products and services to research organisations in Russia and Belarus. ‘We have taken the unprecedented step of suspending sales and marketing of products and services to research organisations in Russia and Belarus,’ the publishers […]