A fat-absorbing microbead, white and pearl-like, lies on a black speckled surface.
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Microbeads made from green tea and seaweed-derived compounds may offer a safer, less invasive way to lose weight than current options.

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Brain Cells That Remember Food May Influence Obesity

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Why Does Thanksgiving Dinner Make Some People Sleepy?

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Newly Found Fat Cell Uses a Different Approach to Heat the Body  

Microscopy photo of a dissected fly ovary with mature oocytes visible as dark ovals.

How Nutrition Regulates Ovulation

An international team of scientists used sensitive instruments to show that oil from human skin reacts with ozone to generate potent, free radicals. These chemicals can further react with most organic compounds present in the indoor environment to produce dangerous pollutants. 

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How Fat Cells Help Kick Parasites Out of Mice: Study

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Mouse Brains Appear to Eavesdrop on Their Fat

A colored microscope image of a cross section of a human artery filled with fatty plaques

Protein-Recycling Process Protective Against Arterial Plaques

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Heat May Melt Away White Fat

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What Happens When a Fly Lands on Your Food? 

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Record-Breaking DNA Sequencing Technology Could Transform Newborn Care

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Universe 25 Experiment

The World's Densest Bones

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Olga Anczukow and Ryan Englander discuss how transcriptome splicing affects immune system function in lung cancer.

Long-Read RNA Sequencing Reveals a Regulatory Role for Splicing in Immunotherapy Responses

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Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

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November 2025, Issue 1

Why Do We Feel Butterflies in the Stomach?

These fluttering sensations are the brain’s reaction to certain emotions, which can be amplified or soothed by the gut’s own “bugs".

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Olga Anczukow and Ryan Englander discuss how transcriptome splicing affects immune system function in lung cancer.

Long-Read RNA Sequencing Reveals a Regulatory Role for Splicing in Immunotherapy Responses

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Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

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Exploring the State of the Art in Gene Editing Techniques

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Simplifying Early Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis with Blood Testing

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