Individuals who had childhood epilepsy have an increased accumulation of brain amyloid later in life, potentially ...

Stem cell scientists have successfully used embryonic stem cell engineering to create a bi-paternal mouse — a mouse with two male parents — that lived until adulthood.

Emeritus Professor Tony Haymet — a world-leading oceanographer, chemist and entrepreneur — is Australia's 10th Chief Scientist, effective immediately.

The reforms are intended to maximise the value of the $1.2 billion in government funding that goes into the science sector ...

People who live close to airports and are exposed to high aircraft noise levels could be at greater risk of poor heart function, increasing the likelihood of heart attacks, life-threatening heart ...

Noblegen Cryogenics says that its Triton model is the most compact onsite liquid nitrogen generator on the market. The unit features production of up to 10 L of liquid nitrogen a day, a small internal ...

An experimental blood test for pancreatic cancer is being evaluated by a commercial laboratory — an important milestone towards making the test available for patients. Teams led by the Van Andel ...

Three months after mysterious ball-shaped debris first started washing up on NSW beaches, the balls appear to be back with a vengeance. Preliminary analysis of the original debris, which was found on ...

Macquarie University researchers have worked with an international team of scientists to construct the final chromosome in the world’s first synthetic yeast genome, following more than a decade of ...

Bio-Rad Laboratories has launched its Vericheck ddPCR Empty-Full Capsid Kits for adeno-associated virus (AAV) serotypes 2 and 8, enabling determination of capsid titre, genome titre and percentage of ...

Most microscopes can only illuminate objects down to a certain size before their features blur together. However, super-resolution imaging can distinguish between biomolecular features, especially ...

A self-destructing vaccine administered intravenously provides additional safety and protection against tuberculosis (TB) in macaque monkeys, according to new research published in Nature Microbiology ...