Lifestyle Choices Lead To Obesity: Lifestyles To Maintain An Optimal Weight
Gains in body weight over a number of years could be achieved through cumulative positive energy balances, as a set of habitual behaviors adopted by…
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Potential Bottlenecks Of Materials In Future Green Technologies
Every year, the global consumption of raw materials increases. In the 19th century, only a few elements were extracted and used. Today the whole periodic…
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Newborn Turtles Carry The Pollution History Of Their Mothers
Scientists detected a large number of chemical pollutants in freshly-laid eggs of hawksbill turtles along the Yucatán coast of Mexico. Due to their widespread use…
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Using Sensors In Water Distribution Networks
The safety of civilians is a fundamental responsibility of any government around the globe. Ever since terrorist attacks took thousands of innocent lives on September…
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Personalized Medicine And Why We Are Not There Yet
Traditionally, medicine has been based on the disease and not the patient. This means that for the same disease, e.g. childhood leukemia, two very different…
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How Combining Structurally Different RAF Inhibitors Can Open New Strides In Targeted Melanoma Therapy
Malignant melanoma is a skin cancer primarily caused by overexposure to UV rays from the sun or tanning beds. Unfortunately, the number of skin cancers…
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Reactive Muscle Precursor Cells In The Lens Contribute To Formation Of Secondary Cataracts
Millions of individuals undergo cataract surgery each year. Although removal of cataracts restores vision, approximately 20% of adults and most children develop a re-clouding of…
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Not All Watersheds Are Created Equal: Natural Boundaries Also Predict Patterns Of Inequality
Patterns of inequality in exposure to environmental pollutants exist around the world today, even right here in our backyards. Such patterns of injustice, observed over…
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Flying To The Tune Of A Neuropeptide Receptor: “Exciting” Insights From Fruit Flies
For a fruit fly, flying is just about everything. It is the most important innate behavior that helps the fly reach out to food sources…
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Feeding Electricity To Bacteria
Can electricity serve as an alternative electron supplier for bacterial growth? And can we enhance the electron uptake capacity of bacteria? Bacteria utilize both organic…
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Mechanisms By Which Probiotics Act On The Human Brain Still Elude Us, But We’re Getting Closer
By definition, anything that’s called a probiotic must produce a scientifically demonstrated health effect. And in theory, this could be a brain health effect. We…
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