A commercialisation deal for a new synthetic catalyst will help make the pharmaceutical manufacturing process more efficient, particularly in the production of ADD/ADHD drug Ritalin (methylphenidate). [ + ]

The Miles Review of the CRC Program has been handed down and all 18 recommendations accepted by the Australian Government. [ + ]

Scientists have created software that tackles the big data problem for X-ray laser experiments - you can even go back and improve past scientific results. [ + ]

With a thermal imaging camera you can identify problems early in the design cycle, allowing them to be documented and corrected before becoming more serious and more costly to repair. However, not all thermal cameras are created equal. [ + ]

The largest complete DNA analysis of ovarian cancer in the world has revealed new insight into the genetic twists and turns a deadly form of the disease takes to outsmart chemotherapy. This groundbreaking work features contributions from several Australian facilities. [ + ]

Nine new ARC Research Hubs and Training Centres have been funded with almost $40 million from the Australian Government. [ + ]

The federal government has introduced legislation to establish its much-anticipated Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF). Subject to the passage of the legislation, the fund will be established from 1 August 2015. [ + ]

Everyone likes solving a mystery, and the hunt for the source of strange signals detected by Australia's Parkes radio telescope is a classic. Although how "aliens" became involved in the story is more of a media mystery. [ + ]

Research recently conducted at the Australian National University by Dr Peter Collignon et al has shown there is a higher correlation between government corruption and antimicrobial drug resistance than there is between the incidence of drug usage and other commonly assumed factors. [ + ]

Have you started a new hobby such as stamp collecting or coin collecting, or enjoy sewing and crafts? Are you struggling to see small things in detail, even with glasses? [ + ]

A new non-invasive nanoscale imaging technique going by the acronym CLAIRE is enabling the observation of the dynamics of interactions between nanosized components even in soft materials. [ + ]

Australian company AusCann has been granted a landmark licence to grow and export medicinal cannabis from a secure Norfolk Island location, with the first plantings to commence in November this year. [ + ]

The president of the Australian Society for Microbiology, ASN Conference Organisers and the Local Organising Committee of the 43rd Annual Scientific Meeting and Trade Exhibition would like to invite you to Canberra in July 2015 to immerse yourself in the microbial world. It will be cold. You have been warned. But it will be festive. [ + ]

A US research collaboration has used statistical analysis of DNA from natural microbial communities to accurately identify environmental contaminants and serve as quantitative geochemical biosensors. [ + ]

Research led by the University of New South Wales (UNSW) has found that changing just a single letter of the DNA of human red blood cells in the laboratory increases their production of oxygen-carrying haemoglobin. [ + ]