Scientists say they have developed a way to successfully transplant certain protective brain cells into mice — without the need for lifelong anti-rejection drugs. [ + ]

Claimed to be the smallest spectrometer ever designed, the device could be used in applications such as assessing the freshness of foods, the quality of drugs or even identifying counterfeit objects. [ + ]

For many years, researchers knew that rodents' squeaks told a lot about how the animals are feeling. [ + ]

Emotional states can influence movement through connections in an area of the brain called the basal ganglia, researchers have found. [ + ]

While striving to remain on the cutting edge of scientific discovery, researchers need more agile and powerful computing in order to drive towards a better future for everyone. [ + ]

Two separate studies have uncovered explanations for why pancreatic cancers are so difficult to contain — and suggested innovative new methods to combat this. [ + ]

It is now possible for materials researchers to make quick predictions about how certain elements will behave at different pressures. [ + ]

Using menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer, and some increased risk persists for more than a decade after use stops. [ + ]

Researchers have grown kidney organoids in the laboratory that could be used to better understand how kidney diseases develop in individual patients. [ + ]

Described as Australia's leading science awards, the prizes saw trophies and $170,000 in prize money presented across four categories. [ + ]

Without a lens or any optical, electrical or mechanical components, the tip of the endoscope measures just 200 µm across — about the width of a few human hairs twisted together. [ + ]

The highly sensitive blood test could one day help doctors better tailor treatments and prevent unnecessary surgeries. [ + ]

The first ever chlamydia vaccine to reach phase 1 clinical trials has been found to be safe and able to provoke an immune response. [ + ]

Researchers have developed a powerful method of analysing chemical mixtures that has been able to assign 244,779 molecular compositions within a single sample of petroleum — said to be a world record. [ + ]

A laboratory test using artificial intelligence tools has the potential to more accurately sort out which people with pancreatic cysts will go on to develop pancreatic cancers. [ + ]