High-fat feeding can cause impairments in the functioning of the mesolimbic dopamine system, says Stephanie Fulton of the University of Montreal and the CHUM Research Centre (CRCHUM.) This system is a critical brain pathway controlling motivation. Fulton's findings, published recently in Neuropsychopharmacology, may have great health implications.

Ability to quickly restore molecular proteins could slash biotechnology costs.

Research by paleontologists in Spain and the UK suggests that not all Easter eggs come from the same "parent" species; some could be from dinosaurs, including a new species from the Pyrenees.

Hyperimmune egg yolk antibodies can be used to help control intestinal diseases in poultry, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists.