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Scientists have highlighted the lasting positive effect of a reward on the ability of individuals to retain a variety of information.

Employing a technique that used artificial intelligence, researchers have been able to determine the preferences of large groups of people from just their brain activity.

Despite global efforts to improve air quality, researchers have said that vast swathes of the world’s population are experiencing increased levels of air pollution.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Ilaris (canakinumab) injection for the treatment of Active Still’s disease, including Adult-Onset Still’s Disease (AOSD).

Recent devastating fires in the Amazon and Australia highlight the need to detect forest fires at early stages, but many current methods are too slow. Now, researchers have developed self-powered “paper chips” that sense early fires and relay a signal.

According to a new study, gut bacteria may modify neural circuit activity and thus behavior in worms, consequently influencing their eating habits.

Like any cells in the body, cancer cells need sugar ­– namely glucose – to fuel cell proliferation and growth. Now, researchers have unlocked a weakness in a common type of cancer cell – sugar inflexibility. When cancer cells are exposed to a different type of sugar – galactose – the cells die.

A detailed study of the diets of great white sharks has revealed that they spend more time feeding close to the seabed than expected.

A new type of nanoparticle designed by KAIST researchers has been shown to significantly reduce cholesterol and macrophage foam cells in arteries, which are the two main triggers for atherosclerotic plaque and inflammation.

Researchers have used primitive stem cells to create bone grafts that could be used to promote swift and precise bone healing.