Metabolic rate (based on oxygen consumption) seems to scale according to a 3/4 power with mass and hence is sublinear, but it turns out that it is indistinguishable statistically from scaling ...

Metabolic scaling and allometry explain the systematic relationship between an organism’s body size and its metabolic rate. This field integrates principles from physiology, ...

Arabidopsis may seem like a simple plant, but at the University of Missouri, plant biochemist Jay Thelen is using it as a ...

More information: Andrew K. Yegian et al, Metabolic scaling, energy allocation tradeoffs, and the evolution of humans' unique metabolism, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024).

More information: Andrew K. Yegian et al, Metabolic scaling, energy allocation tradeoffs, and the evolution of humans' unique metabolism, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024).

Called genome-scale metabolic models, or GEMs, these virtual labs significantly reduce the time and cost required to figure out what researchers need to do to get what they’re looking for.

Metabolic scaling, energy allocation tradeoffs, and the evolution of humans’ unique metabolism. PNAS. 2024;121(48):e2409674121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2409674121. This article has been republished from the ...

One of the biggest obstacles in cancer treatment is drug resistance in cancer cells. Conventional efforts have focused on ...

When it comes to metabolic age, the scale doesn’t tell the full story. Your body composition—specifically the ratio of muscle to fat—plays a critical role in determining how efficiently your ...