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A study has found that resistance-like exercise regulates fat cell metabolism at a molecular level. In response to mechanical loading, muscle cells release particles called extracellular vesicles that give fat cells instructions to enter fat-burning mode.

Scientists from the Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health have developed machine learning methods that are capable of identifying and characterizing metabolism-disrupting chemicals. Their research is published in Environmental Health Perspectives.

Scientists have used state-of-the-art complementary mass spectrometry methods to quantify the chemical complexity in beer from around the world. In 467 commercial beer types they found at least 7,700 different chemical formulas, which translates to tens of thousands of unique molecules.

Why do some people get sick and die from COVID-19 while others seem to be completely unaffected? EPFL’s Blue Brain Project deployed its powerful brain simulation technology and expertise in cellular and molecular biology to try and answer this question.

Phytoplankton are the foundation of ocean ecosystems: like rainforests, they consume carbon from the atmosphere, form the basis of the marine food web and have a decisive influence on fish abundance and global climate. Scientists have now provided new insights into the complex biogeochemical processes at the base of the marine ecosystem.

In a recent study, it has been shown that all participants achieve normalization of CNS injury biomarkers, regardless of previous disease severity or persistent neurological symptoms. Indicating that post-COVID-19 neurological sequalae are not due to active brain injury.

A new study by researchers at the University of Bristol has further explored how the stress hormone cortisol affects gene expression in the brain, with novel findings.

A team of researchers has developed the largest and most comprehensive molecular map to date of lung squamous cell carcinoma. The database, which brings proteomic, transcriptomic and genomic data together, can be used to find potential new drug targets and identify underlying disease mechanisms related to therapy resistance.

Scientists have identified an enzyme that could turn woody poplar trees into a source of a major industrial chemical currently derived from fossil fuels, p-hydroxybenzoic acid.

Biological engineers at MIT have devised a new way to efficiently edit bacterial genomes and program memories into bacterial cells by rewriting their DNA. Using this approach, various forms of spatial and temporal information can be permanently stored for generations and retrieved by sequencing the cells’ DNA.