For the first time, a team visualizes sensory nerves projecting into adipose tissue in mice and finds these neuronal cells may counteract the local effects of the sympathetic nervous system.

Researchers say they've figured out how some reproductive ants live up to 30 years—far longer than workers.

The simple act of chewing gum can raise the body’s metabolic rate by as much as 15 percent, a study finds.

Experimental evolution study sheds new light on the origin of animal-microbe symbioses and what it takes for bacteria to support their insect hosts.

A study’s authors say their oxygenating cocktail may lead to technologies that preserve organs in deceased people for longer periods for transplantation.

Results from a small sample of Indian males suggest that lean individuals with a history of malnutrition suffer from a distinct type of diabetes characterized by a defect in insulin secretion.

Endothermy was widespread among both avian and non-avian dinosaurs, a study suggests, so the metabolic strategy is unlikely to account for birds’ survival through the mass extinction event that wiped out their dinosaur cousins.

A study identifies a gene that appears to be partially responsible for the health effects of a limited diet.

Sea otters are born with a supercharged metabolism that helps them stay warm in chilly waters.

The first evidence of biologically produced elemental carbon inspires more questions than answers.  

The endosymbiont Coxiella affects tick serotonin production and subsequent blood-feeding behavior, a study finds.

Fischer was recognized for his work with reversible protein phosphorylation.

Vesicles containing fragments of the organelles released from stressed adipocytes protect the heart against oxygen deprivation, a study in mice shows.