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• Clues to curbing obesity found in neuronal 'sweet spot'
• Surprise: Biological microstructures light up after heating
• Whole body CT scans of ancient and modern Egyptians show no significant differences in incidence or severity of atherosclerotic disease
• Drug-resistant malaria has spread to critical border regions of Southeast Asia
• Conservation scientists asking wrong questions on climate change impacts on wildlife

Clues to curbing obesity found in neuronal 'sweet spot' Posted: 01 Aug 2014 06:35 PM PDT Preventing weight gain, obesity, and ultimately diabetes could be as simple as keeping a nuclear receptor from being activated in a small part of the brain, according to a new study.

Surprise: Biological microstructures light up after heating Posted: 31 Jul 2014 07:25 AM PDT Physicists have investigated tubular biological microstructures that showed unexpected luminescence after heating. Optical properties of bioinspired peptides, like the ones investigated, could be useful for applications in optical fibers, biolasers and future quantum computers.

Whole body CT scans of ancient and modern Egyptians show no significant differences in incidence or severity of atherosclerotic disease Posted: 30 Jul 2014 05:37 PM PDT New research shows that there are no significant differences in the incidence or severity of atherosclerotic disease (narrowing of the arteries with fatty deposits) between ancient and modern Egyptians, showing that atherosclerosis is not just a disease of modern times.

Drug-resistant malaria has spread to critical border regions of Southeast Asia Posted: 30 Jul 2014 02:31 PM PDT Drug-resistant malaria parasites have spread to critical border regions of Southeast Asia, seriously threatening global malaria control and elimination programs.

Conservation scientists asking wrong questions on climate change impacts on wildlife Posted: 30 Jul 2014 11:10 AM PDT Scientists studying the potential effects of climate change on the world's animal and plant species are focusing on the wrong factors, according to a new article. The authors claim that most of the conservation science is missing the point when it comes to climate change.

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