News

A high-fat diet not only impacts our waistlines, but also could contribute to brain shrinkage and deteriorating cognitive abilities, according to a study in mouse models.

Scientists have discovered natural cellular molecules that drive critical plant immune responses. Harnessing these insights could enable the design of molecules that make plants, including many important crop species, more resistant to disease.

Balancing how much protein you eat with the amount your body needs could reduce nitrogen releases to aquatic systems in the U.S. by 12% and overall nitrogen losses to air and water by 4%, according to a recent study.

Researchers have developed a chemical method that enables electricity and water to break the strong chemical bonds in biomass or plant matter.

Prenatal exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals has been shown to be associated with rising cases of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, a potentially cancer-causing condition.

Some say, the world is your oyster, but the world — especially human impacts on the environment — can actually be found inside an oyster, according to a new study.

Scientists have developed the first proteins that can detect a deadly nerve agent called VX in real-time and without false positives from insecticides.

Isotope analysis of teeth from unmarked graves in Adelaide has helped uncover the origins of 13 early South Australian colonists.

Researchers found that, in mice, how much they ate and when altered the nature of their gut microbiome: too much food too frequently resulted in poorer microbial and metabolic health.

Eating one avocado a day for six months was found to have no effect on belly fat, liver fat or waist circumference in people who were overweight or obese. However, it did lead to a slight decrease in unhealthy cholesterol levels.