Yogurt may be the next go-to garlic breath remedy
It turns out yogurt may have a previously unknown benefit: eliminating garlic odors. A new study conducted in a lab — with follow-up human breath tests being planned — showed that whole milk plain yogurt prevented almost all of the volatile compounds responsible for garlic’s pungent scent from escaping into the air. Researchers tested the […]
Daylight hours impact opioid receptor levels in brown fat
When the season turns darker and colder, animals’ brown fat starts to grow. The tissue produces heat efficiently and rapidly, and regulates appetite. Brown fat is also present in people. In a new study conducted at the Turku PET Centre, Finland, researchers observed that shorter daylight hours impact the opioid receptor signalling in the brown […]
Landmark Pig Heart Recipient Succumbed to Xenograft Rejection, Had Porcine Virus
It turns out that the world’s first pig-to-human heart xenotransplantation had resulted in atypical rejection that may have contributed to the patient’s death 2 months later, according to the team behind the pioneering surgery from January. The transplant surgeon Bartley Griffith, MD, of University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, and colleagues revealed that […]
Visuals increase attention; now science explains why: Chemical’s release in brain tied to processing of imagery, cells’ activation
“Look at me!” we might say while attempting to engage our children. It turns out there is a neurochemical explanation for why looking at mom or dad actually helps kiddoes pay better attention. In a paper published Dec. 17 in the journal Science Advances, authors from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San […]
Visuals increase attention; now science explains why: Chemical’s release in brain tied to processing of imagery, cells’ activation
“Look at me!” we might say while attempting to engage our children. It turns out there is a neurochemical explanation for why looking at mom or dad actually helps kiddoes pay better attention. In a paper published Dec. 17 in the journal Science Advances, authors from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San […]
Cleaner air has boosted US corn and soybean yields
A key factor in America’s prodigious agricultural output turns out to be something farmers can do little to control: clean air. A new Stanford-led study estimates pollution reductions between 1999 and 2019 contributed to about 20 percent of the increase in corn and soybean yield gains during that period — an amount worth about $5 […]