Inflammation lies at the heart of almost all disease — but what can be done about it? British physician, science journalist and documentary maker Michael Mosley has a few tips. [ + ]

Fire can pose a serious and immediate fire risk in laboratory environments, making adequate fire protection crucial to the safety of technicians and workers. [ + ]

Modern humans acquired a gene variant from Denisovans — an extinct human species related to Neanderthals — that heightened their immune reactions. [ + ]

Whereas naturally born babies get most of their gut bacteria from their mother, babies born via caesarean have more bacteria associated with hospital environments in their guts. [ + ]

Researchers have developed a novel technology that could sensitively detect and classify cancer cells, as well as determine disease aggressiveness, from the least invasive biopsies. [ + ]

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. [ + ]