Neuroscience researchers have identified a surprising new role for the 'hunger hormone' ghrelin. Ghrelin has previously been recognized for its unique role in sending hunger signals from the..

Recent research suggests that the psychological consequences of being in a disadvantaged position in society may stimulate appetite and increase eating regardless of one's ability to access healt..

Extremely premature infants who fail to grow as expected have delayed development of their microbiome, or communities of bacteria and other micro-organisms living in the gut, according to a new study.

A bioengineering group is bringing the worlds of computational modeling and experimentation closer together by developing a methodology to help analyze the wealth of imaging data provided by advanceme..

Coral reefs are retreating from equatorial waters and establishing new reefs in more temperate regions, according to new research. The researchers found that the number of young corals on tropical ree..

In a new study, researchers have shown the key role that a protein called Ran plays in the mobility of ovarian cancer cells. They demonstrated these cells cannot migrate from cancerous sites without t..

Drugs known as potentiators alleviate some symptoms of cystic fibrosis. Researchers recently figured out how these compounds work–a finding that may lead to better drugs that patients can more easily..

November 8, 2018 was a dry day in Butte County, California. The state was in its sixth consecutive year of drought, and the county had not had a rainfall event producing more than a half inch of rain ..

Cosmochemists have found that interstellar iron and carbon form a kind of linked molecule that cloaks the iron — and helps stabilize large carbon molecules.

A research team has observed, characterized, and controlled dark trions in a semiconductor — ultraclean single-layer tungsten diselenide — a feat that could increase the capacity and alter the form ..