Estrogen Curbs Appetite In Same Way As The Hormone Leptin. FULL STORY. Estrogen regulates the brain's energy metabolism in the same way as the hormone leptin, leading the way to a viable approach to tackling obesity in people resistant to leptin, researchers at Yale School of Medicine report in the December 31 online issue of Nature Medicine.
1. smokeless powder-an explosive (trade name Ballistite) that burns with relatively little smoke; contains pyrocellulose and is used as a propellant. Ballistite. explosive-a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck.
In subsequent centuries it had military applications in rifles and cannons, but in these it has long since been replaced by modern, smokeless powders. The fireworks industry is one of the last major industries that still uses traditional black powder. Rather than being one particular compound, gunpowder is actually a mix of three different components. It consists of potassium nitrate (75% by weight), charcoal (15% by weight), and sulfur (10% by weight).