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Binge eaters’ dopamine levels spike at sight, smell of food
UPTON, NY – A brain imaging study at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory reveals a subtle difference between ordinary obese subjects and those who compulsively overeat, or binge: In binge eaters but not ordinary obes…
Neuroscientists find overlooked brain area is an important locus of depression
Cold Spring Harbor, NY — A team of neuroscientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) and UC San Diego (UCSD) has collected evidence suggesting that a previously overlooked portion of the brain could be a …
Fleeting fluctuations in superconductivity disappear close to transition temperature
UPTON, NY — As part of an ongoing effort to uncover details of how high-temperature superconductors carry electrical current with no resistance, scientists at Johns Hopkins University and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Labora…
Young people say sex, paychecks come in second to self-esteem
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Young people may crave boosts to their self-esteem a little too much, new research suggests.
Researchers found that college students valued boosts to their self-esteem more than any other pleasant activity they were asked abo…
Uptake protein acts as zinc’s doorway to the cell
UPTON, NY — A study to be published as the “Paper of the Week” in the Journal of Biological Chemistry this December details how zinc, an element fundamental to cell growth, enters the cell via zinc-specific uptake proteins. The research, conducte…
New highly stable fuel-cell catalyst gets strength from its nano core
UPTON, NY – Stop-and-go driving can wear on your nerves, but it really does a number on the precious platinum that drives reactions in automotive fuel cells. Before large fleets of fuel-cell-powered vehicles can hit the road, scientists will have to…
