Brown fat has long carried a kind of scientific promise. Unlike the more familiar white fat that stores energy, this darker ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Being overweight or obese has long been linked to a greater risk of developing or dying from breast cancer. New research suggests ...

BEER-SHEVA, Israel, February 18, 2025 – A new international study led by scientists from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has characterized the populations of fat cells in various fat tissues in the ...

A common fatty acid in olive oil, as well as many other plant oils, has been found to stimulate the body's production of new fat cells, creating conditions that could – over time – lead to more fat ...

Researchers have determined how a key protein activates brown fat by expanding blood vessels and nerves in the ...

Like bees breathing life into gardens, providing pollen and making flowers blossom, little cellular machines called mitochondria breathe life into our bodies, buzzing with energy as they produce the ...

Adipose tissue of a mouse with white and beige fat cells. The smaller cells with several droplets inside are beige fat cells (microscopic image). Fat cells come in three colours: white, brown, and ...

Scientists have discovered that a protein called SLIT3 is essential for making the body's calorie-burning brown fat work properly.

New research reveals that while losing weight can rejuvenate aging fat tissue, stubborn immune cells keep a “memory” of obesity, offering fresh targets for lasting metabolic health. Study: Selective ...

Suppressing a transcription factor induced energy burning in fat cells, offering therapeutic targets to treat obesity and metabolic diseases. When the researchers monitored the metabolic rates of the ...