In what is, admittedly, the least-tested part of their thesis, Dr Unger and Dr Scherer argue that other cells react to this increase in leptin concentration by becoming resistant to the hormone's effects.

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This is done by examining the combined concentration of gray and white matter, or nerve cells and fiber tracts, in parts of the brain not normally used for verbal processing the hippocampus and cerebellum, normally associated with memory and motor learning.

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It has jumped into the solar business, where it makes highefficiency photovoltaic cells targeted at commercial applications in areas with a high concentration of sunlight, like deserts.

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