[ad_1] According to a University of Michigan study, a high-sugar diet reprograms the taste cells in fruit flies, blunting their sensitivity to sugar and leaving a “molecular memory” on their tongues. By examining fruit flies, researchers Monica Dus, Anoumid Vaziri and collaborators found that high-sugar diets completely remodeled the taste …
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[ad_1] COLUMBUS, Ohio – A new study by Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Ohio State University College of Medicine researchers finds that exercising the brain with “neurobics” before surgery may help prevent post-operative delirium. . Essentially, your brain can be prepared for surgery, just like the body can, …
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[ad_1] Atomic force microscope. The copper probe can manipulate matter on an atomic scale. © 2020 Shiotari et al. Nanographene is a material that is expected to radically improve solar cells, fuel cells, LEDs, and more. Typically the synthesis of this material has been imprecise and difficult to control. For …
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[ad_1] Any biological sample, such as dirt, water or food, contains billions of bacteria. Only a few are harmful to humans or pathogenic. But those few pathogens can make the difference between a reliable supply of meat or lettuce, for example, and a food poisoning epidemic or, worse, a pandemic. …
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[ad_1] University of Hawaiʻi Aerial image of subsidence and crevasses on the Vatnajókull ice sheet on the western Skaftákatlar subglacial lake. (Photo credit: Benedikt Gunnar Ófeigsson, Icelandic Meteorological Office) A long-standing mystery involving floods or “jökulhlaup” emerging suddenly and unpredictably from glaciers or ice caps was fortuitously solved by a …
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[ad_1] Scientists have developed an optical elastography technique that could revolutionize the accuracy and ease with which healthcare professionals can detect biomechanical changes in cells and tissues. A study derived from an international collaboration between the University of Exeter, the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, the University of Perugia (Italy) …
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[ad_1] A new model shows how the brine on Jupiter’s moon Europa can migrate inside the frozen shell to form pockets of salt water that erupt to the surface when it freezes. The findings, important for the upcoming Europa Clipper mission, could explain cryo-volcanic eruptions through the frozen bodies of …
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[ad_1] According to new research involving the University of Plymouth, animal groups consider multiple factors before deciding whether to fight rivals. Before one-on-one fights, animals are known to make decisions based on factors including the size and strength of the opponent, the outcome of recent fights, and the importance of …
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[ad_1] Who says you can’t get hotter with age? Researchers from Johns Hopkins University and other institutions have found that, on average, the temperature of galaxy clusters today is 4 million degrees Fahrenheit. This is 10 times hotter than 10 billion years ago and four times hotter than the Sun’s …
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