Scientists have found two genetic triggers for producing healthful "good" fat in mice, pointing the way to a new treatment for obesity, according to a pair of studies published Thursday. Harvard University researchers also made the startling discovery that these so-called brown fat cells -- which burn calories rather than store them -- ...

A clip taken from the History Channel documentary about a Buddhist monk of Tibet who (supposedly) mummiyfied himself through meditation and whose body has somehow been miraculously preserved without any external interferment. Scientist set out to discover whats happened. The clip shows monks preforming meditation under scientific test ...

Joao Pedro de Magalhaes, who maintains the rather excellent senescence.info and associated resources for scientists, has been keeping himself busy with an examination of metabolic rate and life span: ''One of the oldest and most popular explanations is the idea that short-lived animals like mice and shrews have high metabolic rates and thus ...

Dear friends, Recently researches are coming up in Crime Times that crime is a matter of unregulated neurochemistry and metabolism. However, Sure remedial measures are yet to be in view. In these perspectives to what extent information has accumulated on following areas? 1. Life span and longevity of criminals. 2.Sure measures to regulate ...

University of California researchers have created a virtual model of all the biochemical reactions that occur in human cells. They hope the computer model will allow scientists to modify metabolic processes to find new treatments for conditions s...

Canadian scientists say they've completed the first draft of the human metabolome -- the chemical equivalent of the human genome. The metabolome is the complete complement of all small molecule chemicals found in or produced by an organism. Scient...

Scientist David Sinclair holds forth on metabolism, aging, calorie restriction and his research at Newsweek: ''About 70 years ago, scientists discovered that when animals are forced to live on 30 to 40 percent fewer calories than they would normally eat, something unusual happens: they become resistant to most age-related diseases - cancer, heart ...

Researchers have found that lowering the body temperature of mice by just 0.5 degrees C extends their lifespan by around 15 percent. This may be because the body burns less fuel when it is at a lower temperature, which results in the production o...

Via Forbes, another study attempting to tease out the mechanisms by which calorie restriction affects metabolism and health: ''Lowering the core body temperature of mice let them live an average of 15 percent longer ... It was known in animals that calorie restriction is associated with reduction of the core body temperature. It was not known if ...

A new hypothesis on aging via the Juvenon Health Journal: ''In general, species with higher metabolic rates have the shortest life spans. Demetrius's hypothesis holds that it is not the stresses of life, such as oxidative stress produced by free radicals, or the relative metabolic rates, that are important in determining life span. He believes the ...