Bad News: Childhood Obesity Is Becoming Far More Common
Child obesity is more common, more severe, and occurs at earlier ages, according to a study. Childhood and early adolescent obesity have been related to…
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Skin Cancer Breakthrough: Researchers Succeed in Making Cells Commit ‘Suicide’
A trigger for ‘cell suicide’ might lead to new skin infection therapies Every second, one million cells in your body die. That means 2.6 pounds…
Obesity Might Be a Result of Your Body’s Chemistry
Scientists are investigating the connections between obesity, age, and body chemistry. Obesity is described as an abnormal or excessive buildup of fat that poses a…
Alternative Strategy Discovered for Stalling Alzheimer’s Neurodegeneration
Boosting norepinephrine reduces neuroinflammation markers in MCI. Boosting levels of the neurotransmitter norepinephrine with atomoxetine, a repurposed ADHD medication, may be able to stall neurodegeneration…
First Look: How Grandmothers’ Brains React to the Sight of Their Grandchildren
A first look at grandmaternal brain function. Many people lucky enough to have grown up with doting grandmothers know that they can burnish a child’s…
Tense Decision-Making As CDC Joins FDA in Recommending Pfizer COVID-19 Booster Shot for Certain Populations
Following the recommendations of its vaccine advisory committee, the Food and Drug Administration gave emergency use authorization to Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine booster dose for certain…
FDA Panel Voted 16–2 To Deny Authorization of Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine “Booster” Shot to the General Public
The key scientific advisory council of the Food and Drug Administration has voted to deny authorization of a “booster” shot of Pfizer’s mRNA vaccine to…
New Molecule Discovered in Chestnut Leaves Disarms Dangerous Staph Bacteria
Scientists isolated a molecule, extracted from the leaves of the European chestnut tree, with the power to neutralize dangerous, drug-resistant staph bacteria. Frontiers in Pharmacology…
Screams of “Joy” Are Often Mistaken for “Fear” When Heard Out of Context
The first in-depth look at the human ability to decode the range of emotions tied to the acoustic cues of screams. People are adept at…
Physics of Snakeskin Sheds Light on Specialized Sidewinding Locomotion of Sidewinder Snakes
Microscopic look reveals differences in the surfaces of snakes’ bellies. Most snakes get from A to B by bending their bodies into S-shapes and slithering…
Chemists Invent Shape-Shifting Nanomaterial With Intriguing Biomedical Potential
Chemists have developed a nanomaterial that they can trigger to shape shift – from flat sheets to tubes and back to sheets again – in…
Experts Raise the Alarm on Endangered Great Apes and COVID-19
Primate experts warn that the global human health emergency of COVID-19 also threatens our closest living relatives — endangered great apes. Nature published their commentary…
Fluid Mechanics Discovery Inspired by Street Performers Making Gigantic Soap Bubbles
Physics of giant bubbles burst a secret of fluid mechanics that may help the flow of oil through pipes. A study inspired by street performers…
Distinctive Primal Acoustics of the Human Scream
Researchers Hone In on What Makes Screams Distinctive Screams are prompted by a variety of emotions — from joyful surprise to abject terror. No matter…
Switching Behaviors Show How Lifeless Particles Can Become ‘Life-Like’
Physicists at Emory University have shown how a system of lifeless particles can become “life-like” by collectively switching back and forth between crystalline and fluid…
