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Struggling to Stick to Your New Year’s Resolutions? Brain Activity Reveals Why
Cognitive neuroscientists explore the dynamics of mental fatigue and self-control.
Struggling to Stick to Your New Year’s Resolutions? Brain Activity Reveals Why
Struggling to Stick to Your New Year’s Resolutions? Brain Activity Reveals Why

Cognitive neuroscientists explore the dynamics of mental fatigue and self-control.

Cognitive neuroscientists explore the dynamics of mental fatigue and self-control.

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Aedes aegypti mosquito that transmits dengue perched on a green leaf.
Genetically Engineered Male Insects Shorten Their Mates’ Lifespans
Sneha Khedkar | Jan 13, 2025 | 3 min read
Male insects carrying venom proteins transferred these to disease-spreading females, reducing their lifespan and providing a pest control method. 
A three-dimensional cross-section of a head showing brain activity with blue highlights and yellow neural connections.
Neuroscientists Dive into the Biology of Pain
Sneha Khedkar | Jan 13, 2025 | 4 min read
Studies shed light on pain perception, placebo effect pathways, and how human stem cells can be used to model pain. 
Image of chicken, beef, fish, and eggs displayed on a cutting board against a grey background.
Metabolism on the Menu: A New Target for Body Weight Regulation
Laura Tran, PhD | Jan 10, 2025 | 4 min read
A taurine-derived metabolite may hold the key to regulating food intake and body weight, potentially inspiring a new class of weight-loss drugs.
An image of a nose, an organ which is flexible because of a tissue called lipo-cartilage.
The Discovery of a Fat-Filled Cell Reveals Why Noses Are Springy
Sahana Sitaraman, PhD | Jan 9, 2025 | 6 min read
A newly identified cartilage cell generates fat vacuoles and makes the surrounding tissues pliable. This helps keep the ear and nose tips bouncy.
Brunch buffet spread with Antipasti and champagne in festive rustic kitchen.
Why Do People Have Different Eating Habits?
Sneha Khedkar | Jan 9, 2025 | 4 min read
People consume various types and quantities of food. Studies indicate that the gut microbiome could be one of the drivers of this behavior.
Image of a person in a white shirt on a black background holding and activating a white nasal spray bottle to make a plume.
Clearing the Way for Nasal Vaccines
Shelby Bradford, PhD | Jan 8, 2025 | 9 min read
Better formulations and mucosal immunity models could soon make immunization through the nose a reality.
An oldfield mouse mother with its babies.
On a Wild Mouse Chase to Understand Parenting, Love, and Fear
Alejandra Manjarrez, PhD | Jan 7, 2025 | 10 min read
Studying a diverse and peculiar genus of mice offers researchers a window into the genetic and neural underpinnings of behavior.
A microscopy image showing white rounded cells with pink borders.
A Protein That Converts Fat-Storing Cells into Calorie-Burning Cells 
Sneha Khedkar | Jan 6, 2025 | 3 min read
Suppressing a transcription factor induced energy burning in fat cells, offering therapeutic targets to treat obesity and metabolic diseases.
Cluster of blue cells encasing green tube structures. 
The Era of Organoids: Disease Modeling, Developmental Research, and Drug Response Prediction 
Rebecca Roberts, PhD | Jan 4, 2025 | 5 min read
Acting as mini organs in a dish, organoids fuel diverse research areas, from cancer to evolutionary biology.
A person sitting in a gym with a protein shake bottle and kettlebell placed beside them.
Exerkines: Molecular Messengers That Mediate Exercise Effects 
Sneha Khedkar | Jan 3, 2025 | 6 min read
How does exercise benefit health? Molecules called exerkines partly regulate its effects and provide therapeutic targets to mimic the benefits of exercise. 
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Artificial Blood Vessels Help Scientists Study Deadly Snakebites
Claudia Lopez-Lloreda, PhD | Jan 3, 2025 | 3 min read
Venoms from four different snake species work differently to disrupt blood vessels.
Image of a hand holding yellow pills in front of a leafy vegetable background.
Vitamin K Precursor Takes On Prostate Cancer
Laura Tran, PhD | Jan 2, 2025 | 5 min read
Long focused on antioxidants, researchers are now exploring a new route to combat prostate cancer: pro-oxidants.
Illustration of a mosquito ingesting blood with bright green circles representing parasites entering its abdomen with the blood. A depiction of a white blood clot with red blood cells makes up the background.
Targeting Mosquito Spit Could Stop Parasites in Their Tracks
Shelby Bradford, PhD | Jan 1, 2025 | 5 min read
A protein found in the saliva of Anopheles gambiae stopped blood from clotting in the insects’ stomachs and aided parasite transmission.
An illustration of an orange tau fibril in front of a blue background.
Uncovering the Unexpected: Developing a Novel Anti-Tau Therapy
Charlene Lancaster, PhD | Dec 31, 2024 | 4 min read
Ke Hou generated a compound that prevents tau aggregation in the murine brain, but the potential Alzheimer’s disease therapy also had a surprising property.
Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria expressing pili.
Building Bacterial Drug Factories
Aparna Nathan, PhD | Dec 30, 2024 | 3 min read
Drug-manufacturing bacteria can provide a more targeted approach to treat gut diseases.
A man holds his knee and grimaces in pain while sitting in front of a bridge.
A Nanoparticle Approach to Treat Torn Tendons
Aparna Nathan, PhD | Dec 29, 2024 | 4 min read
Alayna Loiselle has found a way to bring therapeutics straight to an injured tendon.
Graphic depicting a tumor being targeted by a drug
Great Anticancer Potential Comes in a Small Package 
Niki Spahich, PhD | Dec 28, 2024 | 4 min read
Jingjing Sun developed a novel, ultra-small nanocarrier that actively targets tumor cells.
A digitized human brain in blue sits on top of a computer microchip
Artificial Intelligence in Biology: From Neural Networks to AlphaFold
Rebecca Roberts, PhD | Dec 27, 2024 | 5 min read
Using AI models, scientists can predict gene expression, design new proteins, and create precision medicines.
A side view of the head of a juvenile Nile crocodile.
Mechanics, Not Genetics, Determine Crocodile Head Scale Patterns
Sahana Sitaraman, PhD | Dec 18, 2024 | 4 min read
The scales on a crocodile’s head develop differently than those on its body. The explanation lies in tissue mechanics.
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