How long to boil the egg?

As the saying goes, “Eat like a king for breakfast, eat like a commoner for lunch, eat like a beggar for dinner.” From this saying we can see the importance…

Sunlight can stimulate men to eat and gain weight

Sunlight exposure stimulates eating and weight gain in men, but not women, through a hormone secreted by adipose tissue within the skin. The study, published in Nature Metabolism (UK), reveals…

“The most poisonous mushrooms” toxin so refined

Science and Technology Daily (Reporter Zhao Hanbin) Accidental ingestion of poisonous mushrooms causes death, but at the same time they are also a source of important drugs and functional molecules.…

New Method Produces Antibodies to New Coronavirus in Eggs

U.S. researchers have used a new method to get eggs laid by hens to produce antibodies against the stinging protein of the New Coronavirus, PhysicoTribune.com reported on 13 June. The…

First determination of the full-length structure of human angiotensin-converting enzyme

Recently, researchers at the University of Cape Town (UCT) used cryo-electron microscopy (Cryo-EM) to determine for the first time the full-length structure of human angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), a protein that…

Bacterial hybrid microbots can deliver drugs inside the body

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Germany have combined robotics and biology to equip E. coli with artificial components to build bio-hybrid robots that are expected…

Russia discovers gene that causes intestinal ulcers

Russian researchers first identified polymorphic variants in the matrix metalloproteinase (MMP-9) gene associated with the development of duodenal ulcers in patients with Helicobacter pylori infection. In addition, they identified specific…

Want to know the secret of ice cream “stubborn”, look here

In people’s impression, ice cream will melt when heated. However, recently a brand of ice-cream at 31 degrees Celsius room temperature for 1 hour does not melt triggered a hot…