Irritable bowel syndrome: why do women suffer from it more often than men?
Estrogen increases the pain sensitivity of the female intestine and makes you more sensitive to certain foods. The discovery suggests ...
In the long run, aspartame helps you lose weight, but it can harm your heart and brain
In mice, small doses of aspartame taken over a long period alter brain metabolism and heart function. Research conducted on ...
Could global warming trigger an ice age on Earth?
Global warming could swing Earth’s climate regulation system in the opposite direction, creating the basis for an ice age. Could ...
Where do the drugs we take end up? A new technique shows this, cell by cell
A revolutionary imaging method pinpoints the exact places in the tissues where drugs bind: it will help better prevent adverse ...
The global seafood trade is a “conveyor belt” for PFAS
PFAS spread from one country to another along with fish, after accumulating in the marine food chain: they are not ...
How does facial recognition work?
From two-dimensional systems to 3D algorithms to skin biometrics: today facial recognition has an extreme degree of accuracy. Is it ...
Germany: “sleeping” volcanoes mapped, the country’s largest seismological experiment
Mapped under the reliefs of the Eifel (Western Germany) one of the most complex and least known volcanic systems in ...
Sleeping less than seven hours shortens your life (almost as much as smoking)
Science has repeatedly demonstrated the link between good sleep and good health: now a study published on SLEEP Advances not ...
Do immune system cells hinder weight loss?
Under conditions of stress, cells that normally fight infections protect fat from degradation – a mechanism that we could “hack”. ...