In long-distance, physically taxing events, the amount of energy athletes can expend appears to peak at about 2.5 times their metabolic resting rate—a maximum likely dictated by how many calories they can digest.

The Michigan State University researcher’s lab experiences shaped her interest in the role of glucose in cancer’s spread.

Circadian rhythms heavily influence how our bodies use energy, a small study suggests.

One variant limited the brain’s ability to use glucose.

From journeys into mines to explorations of volcanoes on the ocean floor, deep voyages reveal the richness of the planet’s deep biosphere.

Timekeepers in muscle help mediate metabolism, and may influence neurological processes such as sleep.

Just 20 years ago, scientists didn’t even realize muscles had their own circadian clocks. Now they are beginning to appreciate their importance in health. 

Low levels of a biochemical process involved in fat breakdown predicts weight gain and metabolic complications more than a decade later.

Viewing oncogenic mutations in 3-D showed that they cluster together on folded proteins.