The scientists at Newcastle University have suggested that adding seaweed fiber to bread may serve as a fat fighting diet, assisting people to lose weight. The secret to fat-fighting is the natural fiber alginate, which is revealed to be found in sea kelp and is already used in food as a thickener and stabilizer.

A team of British scientists in Newcastle said they developed a new technique that allows the creation of human sperm in the laboratory using embryonic stem cells.

The findings of a maternal obesity study, conducted by the researchers of Newcastle University, establish that obesity in pregnant women increases the chances of serious abnormalities in babies, including spina bifida or other neural tube defects affecting the brain and spinal cord.