Regulating Obesity: Specialized brain cells promote fat storage in mice
Obesity is an increasingly common and significant health concern that affects greater than one in three adults in the United States. It can cause numerous complications, including heart disease,...
View ArticleAccelerating MRI: A novel sampling method to shorten MRI scan time
Imagine yourself mowing a lawn. If it was a leisurely Sunday morning, you might go back and forth in neat rows to ensure that every blade of grass was evenly
View ArticleA New Reality: VR technology treats phobias in autistic patients
Most people know someone with autism, whether it be a sibling, a close friend, or an acquaintance. The Center for Disease Control’s 2014 census found that one in fifty-nine children
View ArticleThe Promise of GABA: New therapeutic molecules found to treat cognitive...
Drugs that treat diseases of the brain are notoriously difficult to create. The first barrier to the development of these drugs is physical—the blood-brain barrier (BBB) acts as a bouncer
View ArticleEasy as 1,2,3: Honeybees can learn to add and subtract
“According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that a bee should be able to fly.” This opening line from the Bee Movie echoes a fascination people
View ArticleCan’t Sleep? Neither do Flies
Ask ten students how much they sleep and you’ll end up with ten different answers. Although it’s generally accepted that eight hours a night is a good goal, scientists are
View ArticleSynthesizing Opioid Antagonists: A more sustainable method for creating a...
With an increasing intensity in the nation’s opioid epidemic, the public health community has been searching for ways to manage drug addiction. Chemical antagonists have proven effective in binding to
View ArticleYale Study Investigates Biomarker that may Reveal PTSD Sufferers at Risk of...
More Americans are killing themselves every year than any time since the Second World War, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Health Statistics. The rise in
View ArticleChanging A Memory: How Retroactive Interference Can Alter Memories
We typically give little thought to the objects we interact with daily, whether that be setting down a water bottle, putting on shoes, or grabbing a backpack. There are two
View ArticleHot Wings: Drosophila wings that double as a taste organ and sexual circuitry
There are only three kinds of organisms known to have wings that are functional for flights—birds, insects, and bats. Even today, wings are often thought of as nothing more than
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