Sea pineapples, an edible ascidian, are a Japanese delicacy. The region of Tohoku is well-known for its sea pineapple production called hoya in Japanese.
While mapping the universe for radio waves, researchers discovered a rare entity that discharges a massive burst of energy three times per hour, and it is unlike anything astronomers have ever observed.
Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a new therapeutic approach to obesity and related metabolic disorders that in laboratory experiments demonstrated a significant reduction in body fat, body weight, and improvement in the blood markers that accompany these disorders.