Current conditions in Japanese hot springs give clues as to how some of these ancient microorganisms survived and adapted.

Billions of years ago, Earth’s atmosphere was hostile, with barely any oxygen and toxic conditions for life. Researchers from the Earth-Life Science Institute studied Japan’s iron-rich hot springs, ...

How many calories you burn when you run a mile depends on factors including your weight, age, fitness level, and more. Find out how you can increase that number.

Japanese researchers have revealed a smarter alternative to 10,000 steps: “interval walking.” This technique of alternating ...

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The chemistry that can provide power from metals makes those metals degrade over time and there's not much we can do about it ...

Today, in honor of World Oxygen Day (October 2), leading patient, provider, and professional organizations are amplifying the voices of people on supplemental oxygen to stress the critical importance ...

This important study identifies a putative iron and zinc transporter in the plasma membrane of the obligate intracellular pathogen, Toxoplasma gondii. Using an array of different approaches, the ...

This valuable study identifies a brown adipose tissue-specific heat shock factor 1-alcohol dehydrogenase 5 (ADH5) molecular cascade as a regulator of systemic aging, showing that ADH5 deficiency ...

Unsupervised strenuous physical activity in an obese person poses risks of serious injuries to the skeletal as well as cardiovascular systems.