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Hunger for Knowledge: Appetite hormone may stimulate memory
A hormone that's been tied to promoting hunger may also play a pivotal role in creating and retrieving memories, according to a new study in mice.
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So, researchers studying the effects of the hunger hormone ghrelin have found that hungry mice do better on tests of learning and memory. Four hundred years ago, William Shakespeare had Julius Caesar say, in Act I, Scene II, “Let me have men about me that are fat; Sleek-headed men and such as sleep o’ nights. […]
- Materials Science
Busy Little Recyclers: Chemical process, microbial metabolism transform trash-bound plastics
A two-step approach that converts a common plastic into a biodegradable polymer may cut the number of packing peanuts and Styrofoam cups that end up in landfills.
