Global warming may threaten availability of essential brain-building fatty acidWomen gain weight

By 2100, 96% of the global population may not have sufficient access to a naturally occurring essential brain-building omega-3 fatty acid, according to a study.

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Female gorillas must balance the reproductive costs of staying with or leaving an older maleWomen gain weight

When a gorilla group's silverback is close to the end of his reproductive years, females face a dilemma: Should they stay with him until he dies or leave him for another male? A team of researchers has now found that both strategies bear its costs: females face reproductive costs of staying with an older male as well as costs when they transfer to a new silverback.

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Public support for gene drives in agriculture tied to limitsWomen gain weight

The first national survey inquiring about American attitudes toward agricultural gene drives shows more support for systems that are limited in scope and aimed at non-native insects.

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Once or twice weekly daytime nap linked to lower heart attack/stroke riskWomen gain weight

A daytime nap taken once or twice a week may lower the risk of having a heart attack/stroke, finds new research. But no such association emerged for either greater frequency or duration of naps.

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Why people gain weight as they get olderWomen gain weight

Many people struggle to keep their weight in check as they get older. Now new research has uncovered why that is: lipid turnover in the fat tissue decreases during aging and makes it easier to gain weight, even if we don't eat more or exercise less than before.

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Scientists triple storage time of human donor liversWomen gain weight

A new method of preservation maintains human liver tissue for up to 27 hours will give doctors and patients a much longer timeframe for organ transplant.

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Success of gene therapy for a form of inherited blindness depends on timingWomen gain weight

An FDA-approved gene therapy for Leber congenital amaurosis, an inherited vision disorder with a childhood onset and progressive nature, has improved patients' sight. But new research on the blinding condition but new research underscores the importance of further investigation to halt the progression of the disorder.

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Watching music move through the brainWomen gain weight

Scientists have observed how the human brain represents a familiar piece of music, according to research published in JNeurosci. Their results suggest that listening and remembering music involve different cognitive processes.

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Not all meat is created equal: How diet changes can sustain world's food productionWomen gain weight

An environmental engineer has created a model that predicts how several different conservation approaches could reduce demand for a nonrenewable resource that is absolutely vital for feeding the world: phosphorus.

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South African study highlights links between low language ability and poor mental healthWomen gain weight

A new study focuses on language acquisition for young people in Khayelitsha near Cape Town.

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Science puts historical claims to the testWomen gain weight

Two studies show that today's analytical techniques are sufficiently advanced to differentiate between authentic historical artefacts and those that aren't quite what they seem.

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Heating pads may lower blood pressure in people with high blood pressure when lying downWomen gain weight

In people with supine hypertension due to autonomic failure, a condition that increases blood pressure when lying down, overnight heat therapy significantly decreased systolic blood pressure compared to a placebo. Heat therapy may be an innovative, non-pharmacologic approach to treat the overnight high blood pressure in these patients.

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A swifter way towards 3D-printed organsWomen gain weight

Twenty people die waiting for an organ transplant every day in the US, but lab-grown organs so far lack the cellular density, vasculature, and functions required to make them viable replacements. The new SWIFT method solves those problems by 3D printing vascular channel networks directly into living organ building blocks, enabling the creation of larger tissues approximating the size and function of organs, including heart tissue that beats on its own over a seven-day period.

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Climate change water variability hurts salamander populationsWomen gain weight

New research suggests that streamflow variability brought on by climate change will negatively affect the survival of salamanders.

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Disrupting the gut microbiome may affect some immune responses to flu vaccinationWomen gain weight

The normal human gut microbiome is a flourishing community of microorganisms, some of which can affect the human immune system. Researchers have now found that oral antibiotics, which can kill gut microorganisms, can alter the human immune response to seasonal influenza vaccination.

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Key enzyme found in plants could guide development of medicines and other productsWomen gain weight

Researchers studying how plants evolved the abilities to make natural chemicals, which they use to adapt to stress, have uncovered how an enzyme called chalcone isomerase evolved to enable plants to make products vital to their own survival. The researchers' hope is that this knowledge will inform the manufacture of products that are beneficial to humans, including medications and improved crops.

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New wildfire models to predict how wildfires will burn in next 20 minutesWomen gain weight

While it's impossible to predict just where the next wildfire will start, new researc is getting into the microscopic details of how fires initiate to provide more insight into how wildfires burn through wildland fuels.

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Realistic robots get under Galápagos lizards' skinWomen gain weight

Male lava lizards are sensitive to the timing of their opponents' responses during contest displays, with quicker responses being perceived as more aggressive, a study suggests.

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Emotion-reading algorithms cannot predict intentions via facial expressionsWomen gain weight

Though algorithms are increasingly being deployed in all facets of life, a new study has found that they fail basic tests as truth detectors.

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Cannabis may hold promise to treat PTSD but evidence lags behind useWomen gain weight

As growing numbers of people are using cannabis to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a new study reports that prescriptions are not backed up by adequate evidence.

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