Usually, stress is considered as one of the factors that lead to gaining weight because it is linked to a greater desire for hunger. However, a group of researchers from the University of Texas Health Science Center found that by increasing the stress levels in the brain circuits of mice…
More and more research in the field of diagnostic medicine and in general of the treatment of human diseases focuses on the use of nanometer-sized materials, ie substances made of particles that have tens or hundreds of nanometers in diameter, naturally completely invisible to the human eye. These substances can…
The effects of global warming underway over the next few decades will be most affected by lizards, according to a new study conducted by Nottingham Trent University and the University of Lincoln. In particular, it will be the lizards that produce live offspring compared to those that lay their eggs…
What happened to the cave bear, one of the largest species of mammals extinct by the end of the last ice age? This is a question that has never had definite answers but now a team of researchers from various European institutions, including the University of Zurich, suggests what could…
Scientists and engineers at Florida Atlantic University have presented the new robot dog defined as “intelligent” that “sees and hears.” Unlike other robot dogs, this time the researchers thought they also had an aesthetic side: in addition to being a quadruped, the robot is characterized by a head, printed in…
Sensors that can be attached to the skin and can detect what is in the sweat were developed by a research group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. These skin sensors could be very useful in the future to monitor health or facilitate diagnosis without resorting to invasive methods, such as…