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Medical Xpress / Fat cells retain hunger signal after weight loss, potentially driving obesity relapse

Two enduring biological mysteries have remained unsolved for decades: why almost everyone who loses weight gains it back, no matter how they lost it, and why obesity passes from mother to child at rates that diet and environment ...

6 hours ago
Phys.org / Blue light breaks long-standing chemistry rule, unlocking 3D drug building blocks

For more than a century, pharmaceutical companies have relied on flat structures called aromatic rings, which can help drugs bind to target sites in the body. They include benzene rings and other flat, nitrogen-containing ...

14 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Drinking very hot tea and coffee is linked to a greater risk of esophageal cancer

That morning brew may be doing you more harm than good. A study of almost 1 million tea and coffee drinkers has linked very hot drinks to a threefold greater risk of developing one type of esophageal cancer.

11 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Deep-sleep loss linked to Alzheimer's-related protein buildup in new study

You're hurrying out of the grocery store to drive home and start cooking dinner. As the doors close behind you, you step into the parking lot and head … where? Where, among the rows of gleaming vehicles, did you park your ...

9 hours ago
Phys.org / Smart pen detects pressure and movement to identify children's writing difficulties sooner

A study by Politecnico di Milano and the University of Insubria (Varese and Como) has been published in PLOS Digital Health. The study involved more than 700 children from primary and lower secondary school. The participants ...

6 hours ago
Phys.org / Healthy checkout policy shows promise for reducing soda sales and increasing healthy snack purchases

In March 2021, Berkeley, Calif., became the first city in the world to ban the display of sugary beverages and snacks in store checkout lanes, where candy, chocolate and soda are commonly placed to encourage impulse buying ...

7 hours ago
Phys.org / Low-cost phone lessons keep children learning during emergency school closures across five countries

The COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns forced people to find ways to get things done remotely. Companies developed systems that made working from home run smoothly. Educators also had to shift to mobile phones and group video calls ...

11 hours ago
Medical Xpress / New video game could help reveal how people with autism perceive the world

People with autism often come at life from a different angle—seeing details others miss, focusing on patterns rather than faces, experiencing heightened or dimmed physical sensations. Although researchers have tracked some ...

7 hours ago
Phys.org / AI helps find hidden human proteins and reveals what they do

New research shows how artificial intelligence, combined with advanced experimental science, can help find "hidden" and unexplored proteins in the human body and reveal what they actually do, according to a new study published ...

3 hours ago
Medical Xpress / New 'smart' nanoparticles help the immune system better attack tumors

Adelaide University researchers have developed a new way to use mRNA technology to reprogram tumor-supporting immune cells and strengthen the body's anticancer immune response.

7 hours ago
Tech Xplore / Weighing 600 million buildings to help construct a more efficient future

A new study helps show how builders and city planners can minimize the materials needed to accommodate the planet's future population.

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Phys.org / Electrical pulses convert PFAS waste into valuable silver fluoride

Fluorinated waste, like that found in firefighting aqueous film-forming foam, can act as a significant environmental pollutant. Recently, James Tour's lab at Rice University developed a method to capture fluoride from these ...

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