There has been great interest in the browning of fat for the treatment of obesity. Although β-lapachone (BLC) has potential therapeutic effects on obesity, the fat-browning effect and thermogenic capacity of BLC on obesity have never been demonstrated. Here, we showed that BLC stimulated the browning of white adipose tissue (WAT), increased the expression of brown adipocyte-specific genes (e.g....

Coffee is a popular beverage in society. Acrylamide is an undesirable substance that will metabolically activated to carcinogens.Acrylamide formation is found to occur during the browning process, which is called Maillard reaction. This is the reaction between sugars and asparagines at temperature above 120°C. The roasting temperature of coffee is at least 200°C, meaning that coffee surely cont...

NOAA’s recent assessment of Arctic greenness has reported a remarkable finding: the Arctic is browning (Epstein et al., 2015). Whilst a clear greening trend has been apparent for most of the satellite record’s 33 year history (indicating an increase in biomass and productivity), there is now an overall decline in greenness from 2011 to 2014. If this is a new direction of travel for arctic veget...