Washington University

2023-08-20 @ 9.41.21 ∈ In English

Ultrasound can briefly induce a hibernation-like state in animals

By examining mouse brain activity and tissue, they determined that the ultrasound procedure was activating neurons within the preoptic area. The authors also identified a likely mechanism for the ultrasound-induced torpor—a protein, also found in humans, that allows ions to flow into and activate these neurons.

2022-02-25 @ 11.32.41 ∈ In English

Largest bacterium ever discovered has an unexpectedly complex cell

Its threadlike single cell is visible to the naked eye, growing up to 2 centimeters—as long as a peanut—and 5000 times bigger than many other microbes.

2019-09-15 @ 14.25.50 ∈ In English

The grandmaster diet: How to lose weight while barely moving

You wouldn’t think that chess players, who sit for hours on end and only extend their arms from time to time, would struggle with weight loss. But they do. Inside the very real, very bizarre metabolic phenomenon gripping chess.