The story of the Loch Ness monster is one of the world's greatest mysteries. [ + ]

Scientists have identified a previously underappreciated way that cancer cells are destroyed — the inflammatory cytokine known as tumour necrosis factor (TNF). [ + ]

Deakin University and Vestas have teamed up to improve the compressive strength of carbon fibre composite materials for wind turbines. [ + ]

Scientists have investigated a special class of genes known as noncoding RNAs, found in the human genome and previously thought to be 'non-functioning' in cancer cells. [ + ]

While programmed cell death is essential for healthy development overall, many organs and tissues do not require the process in order to develop normally. [ + ]

A big data annotation tool, called bpRNA, makes it easier to understand links between disease and mutant RNA. [ + ]

As part of Vivid Sydney 2018, light projections of infectious biological agents will be expanded up to a billion times in size and beamed onto buildings in The Rocks. [ + ]

A collaboration between Merck and Washington University in St. Louis could lead to the optimising of nutritional supplements to restore a healthy gut microbiome. [ + ]

US researchers have developed a computer program that utilises whole genome sequencing to type hundreds of important blood type differences. [ + ]

20 May is International Clinical Trials Day, highlighting the importance of clinical trials research and commemorating the first controlled clinical trial in history. [ + ]

Collaborate | Innovate | 2018 saw six early-career researchers honoured for demonstrating excellence not only in the laboratory but in communicating their science. [ + ]

Beam Therapeutics is said to be the first company to pursue the development of new therapies using CRISPR base editing technology. [ + ]

Male researchers receive far greater funding for cancer research than their female equivalents, according to a UK-led study. [ + ]

CSIRO's Data61 has opened a new facility purpose-built for applied research into novel augmented reality, virtual reality and 3D web technologies. [ + ]

Professor Mark Molloy has been appointed the inaugural Lawrence Penn Chair of Bowel Cancer Research at the University of Sydney. [ + ]