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The idea that super-addictive foods are being engineered by corporate giants is a pervasive one. But trying to find science on this isn't straightforward, says James Wong

Wrinkles on the skin of a microscopic worm might provide the key to a longer, healthier life for humans. Working with Caenorhabditis elegans, a transparent nematode found in soil, researchers found that the nervous syste...

After heart attack injury, ALX/FPR2 is activated by resolvin D1 in immune cells in the spleen and in immune cells at the heart attack site. This speeds expedited resolution of the heart attack injury. Researchers now hav...

Mongolia's Tsaatan reindeer herders depend on munkh mus, or eternal ice, for their livelihoods. Now, soaring global temperatures may threaten that existence.

New research has found that over half of people would be willing to donate their personal data for research to benefit the wider general public.

Vaccination against HIV/SIV can backfire if the vaccine induces the wrong kind of immune response. Scientists have evidence that creating too many soft targets can weaken vaccination that would otherwise provide protecti...

A scientist has revealed a key role for 'selfish' transposable elements in the evolution of the mammary gland, a defining feature of all mammals.

Previous exposure to the pollutant DDT may contribute to the risk of diabetes among Asian Indian immigrants to the United States, according to a new study.

Students who rarely ate breakfast on school days achieved lower GCSE grades than those who ate breakfast frequently, according to a new study.

Researchers have uncovered new information regarding the effects of impaired expression of the gene SHMT2 in genetically modified mice. They found that suppression of SHMT2 expression of SHMT2 altered activity in metabol...

Photoinitators (PIs) are compounds used in the ink of many types of food packaging. The substances have been shown to migrate into food and, when consumed, show up in human blood serum. Now, for the first time, researche...

Inflammation drives the progression of neurodegenerative brain diseases and plays a major role in the accumulation of tau proteins within neurons. The results indicate that inflammatory processes represent a potential ta...

Researchers have discovered that a peptide links together migraine pain and pain induced by opioid overuse.

Engineers have developed a microscope that adapts its lighting angles, colors and patterns while teaching itself the optimal settings needed to complete a given diagnostic task. In the initial proof-of-concept study, the...

Complications following a procedure to treat tongue-tie in babies are occurring that can result in admission to hospital, something a paediatrician says needs to be better understood by both health practitioners and pare...

Unless you or a loved one are a smoker, lung health probably never got on your radar. But the recent spike in deadly vaping-related lung diseases--some requiring lung transplants--make it clear: as a society, we're woefu...

Scientists have uncovered new molecular drivers of Parkinson's disease using a sophisticated statistical technique called multiscale gene network analysis (MGNA). The team was also able to determine how these molecular d...

Researchers have found that AMPA receptors form and disintegrate continually, within a fraction of a second, rather than existing as stable entities. The scientists' findings may help clarify early stages of synaptic pla...

Brains resurrected after death, communications with people in comas and advances in cryogenics all suggest that life's end is less final than we thought

(International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research) A radio telescope in the Western Australian outback has captured a spectacular new view of the centre of the galaxy in which we live, the Milky Way.The image from the M...

(Osaka University) Transducin, a protein found inside photoreceptor cells in vertebrate eyes, alters its cellular location in response to changes in light intensity, allowing our eyes to adapt to the changes. Researchers...

Memories learned within a distorted coordinated system are also distorted when recalled later.