A little-known protein seems to play an important role in obesity and metabolic diseases

With unexpected discoveries on a protein highly expressed in adipose tissue, scientists at Scripps Research have opened the door to new...

By targeting the flu-facilitating protein, the antibody can protect against large strains

A national team of researchers has discovered an antibody that protects mice against a wide range of life-threatening influenza viruses...

Discovering a new fundamental physical underwater force

A team of mathematicians from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Brown University have discovered a new phenomenon tha...

Viral HIV Vaccine Provides Lasting Protection Against the Death Star Strain

Among HIV researchers, an apparently indestructible strain of HIV has earned the nickname "Death Star". This is due to the st...

Overall time on the social media is not related to teen anxiety and depression

The amount of time that young people spend on social networks has increased by 62.5 percent since 2012 and continues to grow. Last year...

Neutrons optimize highly efficient catalyst for a more environmentally friendly approach to biofuel synthesis

Researchers at the University of Manchester have developed a catalyst that converts biomass into fuel with remarkably high efficiency a...

New study looks at biological enzymes as a source of hydrogen fuel

Davis has conducted research from the University of Illinois and the University of California that has brought chemists one step closer...

Type 2 diabetes remission possible with 'attainable' weight loss

People who achieve 10% or more weight loss in the first five years after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes have the greatest chance ...

Technology identifies T cells sensitized to specific allergies or infections

When your immune system is exposed to a vaccine, an allergen, or an infectious microbe, subsets of T cells that can recognize a foreign...