Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Scientists find that the fat you can't see is damaging the brain

Obesity

This area of fat is aging your brain faster than others

We've known for some time that obesity affects the brain, but now scientists have found that it's where you carry it that matters most. Deep visceral fat around organs has the biggest impact on brain aging, affecting a suite of cognitive functions.

Two waterborne microplastic particles, made nice and visible by green-fluorescing Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria

Environment

'Green Lantern' bacteria light up invisible microplastic particles

One of the problems with microplastics lies in the fact that the plastic particles can be so small, we don't even know they're present in water in the first place. A new type of engineered bacteria could help, by causing the particles to glow green.

Environment

Sticky bacterial biofilm traps and sinks microplastics for recycling

Researchers at Hong Kong Polytechnic University have devised a method of trapping tiny plastic particles using a sticky bacterial biofilm, which they hope could find use in wastewater plants to prevent them from entering the ocean.

After seven months of regular treadmill exercise, women reported a 22-percent reduction in menstrual pain

Fitness & Exercise

For reduced period pain, treadmill use may do the trick

When women are experiencing primary dysmenorrhea (better known as period pain), usually the last thing that they feel like doing is getting up and exercising. According to a new first-of-its-kind study, however, doing so may be exactly what's needed to reduce the discomfort.