The holidays are over. The cookies and treats are all eaten. The relatives have left, and the decorations are put away. The only thing not gone is the extra pounds I gained. So I exercise, sweat and ...

Metabolism comprises the crucial, life-sustaining chemical reactions occurring within cells and tissues. Mitochondria, in particular, are critical hubs for such biochemical transformations. Although ...

Lupus disease complexity and variability makes accurate measurement of disease activity very challenging. Measurement of disease activity in lupus is central to clinical research and clinical trials ...

To improve health and help combat childhood obesity, more schools are changing physical education requirements and finding new ways to keep children active throughout the day. Researchers are ...

In the past several decades more than 30 new treatments for lupus have failed in clinical trials, even though all had seemed promising in the test tube. These repeated failures take a toll on the ...

A recent study by European scientists shows that highly sensitive sensors based on color centers in a diamond can be used to record electrical activity from neurons in living brain tissue. The work is ...

How do scientists peer into the brain to better understand what is happening, where, and why? By taking advantage of the brain’s electromagnetic properties or by sending radioactive markers into the ...

Iridium-based catalysts are widely used in green energy technologies, but existing methods to measure active sites on iridium catalysts are imprecise. New research from Northwestern Engineering’s ...