A novel non-invasive technique can successfully detect human papilloma virus-16 — the strain associated with oropharyngeal cancer — in saliva samples. [ + ]

When young, healthy men were deprived of just one night of sleep, they had higher levels of tau in their blood than when they had a full night of rest. [ + ]

Life sciences company QBiotics has announced positive results from its first-in-human Phase I clinical trial of its anticancer pharmaceutical, tigilanol tiglate (EBC-46). [ + ]

Researchers have reconstructed ancestral VMAT1 proteins, revealing the functional changes in neurotransmitter uptake of VMAT1 throughout the course of human evolution. [ + ]

Completely filling a nanopipette with a solution is challenging; because of the capillary force, an 'air bubble' is nearly always present in the pipette's tip. [ + ]

Novartis is offering a US$250,000 prize to fund development of pioneering innovation with great potential in advancing assistive tech for multiple sclerosis (MS). [ + ]

Until now it has been difficult to estimate lifespan for most wild animals, particularly long-living species of marine mammals and fish. [ + ]

Researchers have developed a self-cleaning surface that can repel all forms of bacteria, preventing the transfer of antibiotic-resistant superbugs and other dangerous bacteria in settings ranging from hospitals to kitchens. [ + ]

A new strategy to induce cell division in the mature inner ear may bring scientists a step closer to developing treatments that regrow the missing cells that cause hearing loss. [ + ]

By combining single-cell analysis techniques with machine learning algorithms, researchers have developed a method to 'fingerprint' human cells. [ + ]

A person's risk of developing cancer is affected by genetic variations in regions of DNA that don't code for proteins, previously dismissed as 'junk DNA'. [ + ]

The remains of the newly described Kupoupou stilwelli — the oldest penguin known with proportions close to its modern relatives — have been found on the geographically remote Chatham Islands. [ + ]

The Hudson Institute of Medical Research has completed a preclinical study investigating Invion's Photosoft compound on mice with ovarian cancer — with promising results. [ + ]

Starquakes recorded by NASA's now-defunct Kepler space telescope have helped answer a longstanding question about the age of the 'thick disc' of the Milky Way. [ + ]

It was previously known that women with endometriosis had a higher risk of developing uterine fibroids. However, the common mechanism underlying these diseases was not known. [ + ]