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A chemical that has improved surgeries for brain cancer by making tumor cells fluorescent may also help doctors safely diagnose the disease and monitor its response to treatment, according to a new study led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital.

In a study published today in PLOS Biology, researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the University of Montpellier have reconstructed a ~50,000-year-old gene sequence acquired by the ancestor of Plasmodium falciparum. The acquisition of the gene sequence enabled the parasite to infect human red blood cells.

Genetic differences in the immune system shape the collections of bacteria that colonize the digestive system, according to new research by scientists at the University of Chicago.

After analysing 8 million books and 65 million newspaper articles, researchers have created the first-ever ‘index of national happiness’ going back to 1820.

Habitual tea drinking was associated with greater functional connectivity in the default mode network.

Researchers have developed new genetic-based epilepsy risk scores which may lay the foundation for more personalized diagnosis and treatment.

A neurofeedback study published in the journal Neuroimage: Clinical has found that patients in recovery from depressive disorder symptoms are able to strengthen some of their brain connections while evoking guilt-related memories, which leads to increased self-esteem.

Researchers have uncovered the 56-million-year evolutionary history of oaks.

A new study determines that DFDT rapidly kills disease-carrying mosquitoes, which may lower its environmental impact—but its history is alarming.

New research has shown that liquid metal catalysts show great promise for cleaning up pollutants, requiring so little energy they can even be created in the kitchen.