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In Kentucky, bourbon demand is expected to double in the next five years, while the state's cattle population has reached its lowest point since 1951. Here's how these facts could combine to turn bourbon distilleries into a new source of biofuels.

A new study has dug into the molecular underpinnings of the relationship between weight training and weight loss, and identified a new mechanism through which muscle cells deliver instructions that send fat cells into fat-burning mode.

Scientists are already struggling to make headway in the fight against dementia, and the discovery of a new more aggressive form of neurodegeneration that's often misdiagnosed as Alzheimer's disease further complicates the problem.

Over the last few years, you'd struggle to have not at least heard mention of an extremely strong, one-atom thick material called graphene. But now, researchers are looking to create a new material that might just boast even more impressive and useful attributes.