Articles
Aerodynamic characteristics of a supersonic car
An engineer working on the Bloodhound SSC (supersonic car) project has published a paper on the aerodynamic characteristics of travelling at 1000 mph (1609 km/h), increasing the current land speed record (LSR) by over 30%. [ + ]
Reforming Employee Share Schemes for the good of start-up innovation
An effective employee share scheme would enable start-up companies to attract and retain the quality employees they need to become established successful ventures. [ + ]
Burnet research and development agreement with China
The Burnet Institute has signed a $5 million agreement with China to support the development of low-cost diagnostic tests. [ + ]
BioProspect to acquire mental illness test
BioProspect (ASX:BPO) will acquire a stake in Invatec and a global licence to a potential heart rate-based diagnostics test for a wide range of mental health disorders. [ + ]
Exotic particle confirmed by CERN
Scientists at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have confirmed the existence of a new class of subatomic particles called exotic hadrons. The LHCb collaboration, one of the four large experiments at the LHC, found that the exotic object does not fit into the pattern of particles observed up until now. [ + ]
The mechanical forces of metastasis
Professor Alpha Yap's research team has identified a key player in the process that causes epithelial tumours to extrude cancerous cells that can go on to proliferate or invade. Their discovery offers a potential target for new drug therapies to prevent metastasis. [ + ]
E-commerce in the lab
Consumers in Australia have adopted the web as the go-to resource to find the best price on products from around the world. But while we shop online for ourselves looking for a bargain, are we doing this in the laboratory? [ + ]
GI Dynamics scores Israeli win for EndoBarrier
GI Dynamics (ASX:GID) has revealed that its EndoBarrier therapy now has reimbursement coverage at one of Israel's four HMOs, and is now on offer at two more Australian clinics. [ + ]
New imaging device takes winning image
The winners of the 2014 Extreme Imaging Competition have been announced. [ + ]
Looking at light from a different angle
Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have produced a system that allows light of any colour to pass through it if this light is coming from a specific angle. [ + ]
Indigenous health expert
Nutrition scientist and public health researcher Professor Kerin O'Dea discusses a career dedicated to researching diet and chronic disease in Indigenous Australians. [ + ]
Solving the puzzles of microbiology
The Australian Society for Microbiology Annual Scientific Meeting & Trade Exhibition returns to Melbourne in 2014. This is the largest and most prestigious microbiology conference held in Australia and attracts approximately 600 microbiologists, allied professionals, researchers and academics from across the country and around the world. [ + ]
dorsaVi teams with insurer to promote OHS device
dorasVi (ASX:DVL) has entered a partnership with insurer Allianz to recommend the use of ViSafe - a device for measuring movement and muscle activity - for Australian labourers. [ + ]
Nanosonics taps German distributor for Trophon EPR
Miele Professional will distribute Nanosonics' (ASX:NAN) ultrasound probe disinfection system Trophon EPR in the German market. [ + ]
From cancer tissue to dying stars: Extreme Imaging 2014
The winners of the 2014 Extreme Imaging Competition were last night announced at the Powerhouse Museum. Now in its third year, the annual event is held by Canon Australia's local research and development arm, Canon Information Systems Research Australia (CiSRA). [ + ]
