Faced with a shortage of the essential nutrient selenium, the brain and the testes duke it out. In selenium-depleted male mice, testes hog the trace element, leaving the brain in the lurch, scientists ...

Adding the nutrient selenium to diets protects against obesity and provides metabolic benefits to mice, according to a new study. Adding the nutrient selenium to diets protects against obesity and ...

COLORADO, USA — State water-quality officials will soon evaluate whether two water-improvement programs in the Gunnison River basin have successfully reduced a chemical that is toxic to endangered ...

Selsun Blue is best known as an anti-dandruff shampoo, but medically it is a selenium sulfide–based antifungal treatment.

For the first time, research has shown how much of a critical role the natural antioxidant selenium plays at the earliest stages of a woman's fertility. "Selenium is an essential trace element found ...

It’s not just vitamin D that needs to be boosted in the UK population, says Graham Burdge, while Monty Goldin points to the crucial role of magnesium Dr Helga Rhein (Letter, 20 May) makes an excellent ...

Enshi was an enigma during China’s coronavirus outbreak. The city in western Hubei province recorded six Covid-19 cases per 100,000 residents. Elsewhere in Hubei, infection rates were between two and ...

Feb. 24 (UPI) --Exposure to elevated levels of the toxic mineral selenium caused fish native to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, sometimes called the California Delta, to develop spinal deformities.

Modern energy technology, for example fuel cells which are used commercially in hydrogen fuel–based cars, require good catalysts that are efficient as well as cost-effective. Now, a ...