From food to fuel: How leucine enhances mitochondrial energy production

Mitochondria are the small organelles that generate the energy our bodies need to grow, move, and stay healthy. As ...

Revealing the molecular structures of sugars using galectin-10 protein crystals

A quick, purification-free method was developed by researchers at the Institute of Science Tokyo, to capture the detailed 3D ...
Scientific American

A Classic Graphic Reveals Nature’s Most Efficient Traveler

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. Travel involves two main expenditures of energy: fighting gravity and propelling ...
Variety

Zoe Saldaña Urges James Cameron to Make ‘Avatar’ Doc to ‘Give Us a Chance to Explain’ Why Motion Capture Is the ‘Most Empowering Form of Acting’

Zoe Saldaña said in an interview with Beyond Noise that James Cameron is “considering a documentary about the making” of the “Avatar” movies, which the Oscar-winning actor is keen on because it will ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘The Vampire Lestat’ and ‘Talamasca’ Casts Explain Connected Universe, Newest Chapters and Reveal Trailers at NYCC

'Interview With the Vampire' and the upcoming 'Talamasca: The Secret Order' took over the main stage to set up how the upcoming entries will expand Anne Rice’s Immortal Universe. By Abbey White ...
AOL

Subtropical Storm Karen forms in the Atlantic, becoming 11th named storm

The 11th storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season has gotten its name, with the formation of Subtropical Storm Karen way out at sea, as forecasters said on Oct. 10 that Tropical Storm Jerry has ...
CBS News

Tropical Storm Jerry could become a hurricane by the weekend, forecasters say. Maps show its projected path.

Tropical Storm Jerry could become a hurricane by the weekend, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said early Thursday. Tropical storm conditions are possible later today into Friday on portions ...
LAist

How could the Palisades Fire have reignited after a week? Experts explain

At around midnight on Jan. 1, 2025, Jonathan Rinderknecht started the Lachman Fire in the hills of the Pacific Palisades, according to a federal indictment released Wednesday. The fire was kept small ...
CNN

Sparks between microscopic bubbles could explain the ghostly, glowing will-o’-the-wisps, study finds

Hovering blue flames that flicker over bogs and marshes have inspired ghostly folktales for centuries. Known as “will-o’-the-wisp,” “jack-o’-lantern,” “corpse candle” and “ignis fatuus” (“foolish fire ...
NBC 6 South Florida

Tropical Storm Jerry forms over the Atlantic, expected to become a hurricane: NHC

Tropical Storm Jerry formed over the Atlantic on Tuesday and was expected to become a hurricane in a day or two, forecasters said. Jerry was about 1,030 miles east-southeast of the Northern Leeward ...
Star Tribune

Police: Casualty total from Annunciation mass shooting rises after new victims accounted for

Minneapolis police said Tuesday that several more children were wounded than initially reported during the fatal mass shooting in late August at Annunciation Catholic Church. Police Sgt. Garrett ...
TechCrunch

Wall Street analysts explain how AMD’s own stock will pay for OpenAI’s billions in chip purchases

After AMD and OpenAI announced an expanded partnership on Monday, the chatter immediately turned to the unusual way OpenAI would pay for its AMD purchases. It will use AMD’s own stock to do so. To ...