A hormone seen as a popular target to develop weight-loss drugs works by directly targeting the brain and triggering previously unknown activity in the nervous system, researchers have found.


How body regulates weight loss


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In a path-breaking research, a team of Swedish researchers has successfully grown brand new blood vessels with just two tablespoons of blood in a flat seven days.


Scientists grow functioning vessel with two tablespoons of blood


Engaging brain areas linked to so-called "off-task" mental activities such as mind-wandering and looking back at good times can actually boost performance on some challenging mental tasks, new research reveals.


Let your mind wander to boost mental performance


It isn't just the atmosphere, but the circulation of the oceans plays an equally important role in regulating the Earth's climate, new research shows.


Ocean circulation: a major factor in climate change


Why are people interested in listening to gossip about others' achievements and failures? To promote self-reflection and growth.


Positive gossip fosters self-reflection and growth


A study discovered that filoviruses - a family to which Ebola and its similarly lethal relative Marburg belong - are at least 16-23 million years old.


Ebola's evolutionary ancient roots discovered


Calling home may not be enough, nowadays, to maintain an adequate parent-kid relationship in the era of technology, as connecting via multiple channels such as Facebook, smartphone or email seem to better develop the bond.


In tech-era, parent-child relationship blooms on multiple channels


The famous theoretical physicist professor Stephen Hawking is now on Facebook, asking fans to be "curious".


Hawking joins Facebook, wants people to be 'curious'


A research team in Japan said Friday that it has succeeded in replicating contraction and stretching in a small muscle grown from rat cells, media reported Friday.


Researchers replicate movement in muscle grown from rat cells


Japanese researchers have identified one of the substances that cause rheumatoid arthritis, an unprecedented finding that could eventually lead to a cure for the disease, media reported Friday.


Molecule that causes rheumatoid arthritis discovered


People, especially women, who develop kidney stones may be at increased risk of experiencing bone fractures, finds a research.


Kidney stones may increase bone fracture risk


Australian surgeons said Friday that they have made a major breakthrough by making a dead heart beat again and successfully using it in a transplant.


Australian surgeons transplant 'dead' heart


An unprecedented global boom in the construction of hydropower dams, spearhead by developing and emerging economies, could reduce the number of rivers by about 20 percent and pose a serious threat to freshwater biodiversity, says a study.


Boom in dam construction threatens freshwater biodiversity


Forget energy drinks, athletes may now rely on a more organic drink to enhance their performance - beetroot juice.


Beetroot boosts athletes' performance


In a first, scientists have created new proteins that are capable of self-assembling into fibres on a microscale, paving the way for new opportunities for using engineered protein fibres in drugs.


First protein microfibre developed in lab


There is bad news for patients suffering from tuberculosis (TB) as researchers have found that a shortened (four months) treatment could not be considered as an alternative to the current six-month standard treatment.


Shorter TB treatment falls short of effectiveness


Down syndrome is characterized by an extra copy of chromosome 21, the most common chromosome abnormality in humans, and significantly lower levels of protein called sorting nexin 27 (SNX27).


Why Down syndrome leads to Alzheimer's disease


Infants with a rare form of a insulin disease that may lead to brain damage and death can now be identified earlier, thanks to a test developed by researchers from the University of Manchester in Britain.


Simple test can spot rare insulin disease in infant


Music therapy reduces depression in children and adolescents with behavioural and emotional problems, a study found.


Music therapy reduces depression in kids, adolescents


The Ganga cleanliness drive is helping improve the river's aquatic life.


Ganga cleaning improves aquatic life


A team of researchers has designed and successfully tested, for the first time, a small skin patch that detected malarial proteins in live mice.

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