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Green tea. Credit: © KMNPhoto / Fotolia

New research identifies potential therapeutic intervention for memory impairment, neuroinflammation, and brain insulin resistance induced by high-fat, high-fructose diet. A study published online in The FASEB Journal, involving mice, suggests that EGCG (epigallocatechin-3-gallate), the most abundant catechin and biologically active component in green tea, could alleviate high-fat and high-fructose (HFFD)-induced insulin resistance and cognitive impairment. Previous research pointed to the potential of EGCG to treat a variety of human diseases, yet until now, EGCG’s impact on insulin resistance and cognitive deficits triggered in the brain by a Western diet remained unclear.

“Green tea is the second most consumed beverage in the world after water, an...

Conor Walsh and his Graduate Student Jaehyun Bae are fine-tuning an ankle-assisting exosuit. Credit: Rolex Awards/Fred Merz

Exosuits can be used to improve walking after stroke. This is a critical step in de-risking exosuit technology towards real-world clinical use. Upright walking on two legs is a defining trait in humans, enabling them to move very efficiently throughout their environment. This can all change in the blink of an eye when a stroke occurs. In about 80% of patients post-stroke, it is typical that one limb loses its ability to function normally -hemiparesis...

Washington State University researchers used light to write a highly conducting electric path in a crystal. This opens up the possibility of transparent, three-dimensional electronics that, like an Etch-A-Sketch, can be erased and reconfigured. On the left, a photograph of a sample with four metal contacts. On the right, an illustration of a laser drawing a conductive path between two contacts.
Credit: Washington State University

Transparent, 3D electronics can be configured and erased like an Etch A Sketch. It serves as a proof of concept for a phenomenon that WSU researchers first discovered by accident 4 years ago. At the time, a doctoral student found a 400-fold increase in the electrical conductivity of a crystal simply by leaving it exposed to light...

Galaxies NGC 1510, NGC 1512
Type: Local Universe : Type : Interacting
Local Universe : Galaxy : Size : Dwarf
Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Barred
Facility: Hubble Space Telescope

The gravitational dance between 2 galaxies in our local neighbourhood has led to intriguing visual features in both as witnessed in this new Hubble image. The tiny NGC 1510 and its colossal neighbour NGC 1512 are at the beginning of a lengthy merger, a crucial process in galaxy evolution. Despite its diminutive size, NGC 1510 has had a significant effect on NGC 1512’s structure and amount of star formation.

Galaxies come in a range of shapes and sizes, and astronomers use this fact to classify them based on their appearance...