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  • Fish oil vs. lard: Why some fat can help or hinder your diet

    A diet high in saturated fat can make your brain struggle to control what you eat, says a new study. Consuming fish oil instead of lard can make a significant difference, the study shows.

  • More evidence that male and female brains are wired differently

    While measuring brain activity with magnetic resonance imaging during blood pressure trials, researchers found that men and women had opposite responses in the right front of the insular cortex, a part of the brain integral to the experience of emotions,...  more

  • Missing link in epigenetics could explain conundrum of disease inheritance

    The process by which a mother's diet during pregnancy can permanently affect her offspring's attributes, such as weight, could be strongly influenced by genetic variation in an unexpected part of the genome, according to research. The discovery could...  more

  • The Amazing Frigate birds can stay aloft for weeks

    Frigate birds were already known for their ability to fly continuously for weeks without landing. A telemetric study of their trajectory and flight strategy has just revealed that they can remain airborne for over two months during their transoceanic migrations.

  • Engineers to use cyborg insects as biorobotic sensing machines

    A team of engineers is looking to capitalize on the sense of smell in locusts to create new biorobotic sensing systems that could be used in homeland security applications.

  • Lasers carve the path to tissue engineering

    A new technique combines microfluidics and lasers to guide cells in 3-D space, overcoming major limitations to tissue engineering.

  • New study offers explanation as to why women leave engineering

    Women who go to college intending to become engineers stay in the profession less often than men. Why is this? While multiple reasons have been offered in the past, a new study develops a novel explanation: The negative group dynamics women tend to...  more

  • When you lose weight, where does the fat go? Most of the mass is breathed out as carbon dioxide, study shows

    Despite a worldwide obsession with diets and fitness regimes, many health professionals cannot correctly answer the question of where body fat goes when people lose weight, a new study shows. The most common misconception among doctors, dieticians and...  more

  • The old adage 'you are what you eat,' may be better phrased as 'your sleep relates to what you eat.' An individual's body compo

    The old adage "you are what you eat," may be better phrased as "your sleep relates to what you eat." An individual's body composition and caloric intake can influence time spent in specific sleep stages, according to results of a new study (abstract...  more

  • New findings may provide opportunity to develop new drugs to fight MRSA

    A serious and sometimes fatal bacterial infection, known as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), may soon be beatable thanks to the efforts of University of South Florida scientists who have isolated and tested an extract from a sponge f...