Metabolism is more than burning calories. UAB experts explain how metabolism develops from before birth through older ...

Food has long been a key factor in slashing the risk of heart disease, obesity and cancer. Now, experts and research have ...

For decades, ecologists lumped everything bad for animals under one word: stress. But what if animals don't experience harsh environments as stressful at all? What if it is the opposite?Animals have ...

A new 2026 study reveals how chronic stress depletes NAD⁺, impairing immunity and accelerating liver cancer—while linking the ...

Scientists have discovered a novel metabolite in pythons that quells appetite without causing gastrointestinal side effects ...

After scientists accidentally discovered that the common eastern bumblebee can withstand flood conditions, they wanted to ...

Sildenafil—an active ingredient also marketed under the name of Viagra—improves symptoms in patients with Leigh syndrome.

Drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound have been hailed as miracle treatments. But one in 10 people are what scientists call ...

By simulating the life cycle of a minimal bacterial cell—from DNA replication to protein translation to metabolism and cell division—scientists have opened a new frontier of computer vision into the ...

A new study explores how the extreme biology of pythons may point to an unexpected path for obesity research. Pythons don’t nibble. They chomp, squeeze, and swallow their prey whole in a meal that can ...

To eat a sugar-filled diet, birds had to evolve some sweet genetic tricks. Birds that feed on nectar and fruits have important variants in genes that control metabolism, fat processing and even blood ...

This phenomenon, known as thermogenesis, can have a limited effect on the body - when part of a balanced diet and healthy ...