The University of Queensland has opened a new facility that will allow researchers to examine the effects of tiny drug doses in human and animal cancers. [ + ]

Genetic testing of tumour and blood fluid samples in skin cancer patients has shown that two new blood tests can reliably detect previously unidentifiable forms of the disease. [ + ]

Australian-listed pharmaceutical company Race Oncology has signed an exclusive licence agreement with BL&H Korea for the sale of Bisantrene, an agent for the treatment of acute myelogenous leukaemia. [ + ]

Asteroid 2015 BZ509 is the only asteroid in the solar system known to have a clockwise, retrograde orbit around the Sun while at the same time sharing a planet's orbital space. [ + ]

Depression is the leading cause of ill health and disability worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). [ + ]

The ACRF Detector, a device akin to a turbocharged camera, will fast-track cancer research at the Australian Synchrotron by harnessing light a million times brighter than the sun. [ + ]

Scientists have found that young rabbits exposed to ultrasound during foetal development had weaker thighbones than unexposed rabbits, raising questions about the use of prenatal ultrasounds in women worldwide. [ + ]

Researchers at CNBP have developed a nanoscale sensor that can help detect cytokines — molecules that play a critical role in cellular response to infection, inflammation, trauma and disease. [ + ]

Researchers have shown that the anti-inflammatory drug PMX205 is effective in animals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), in a breakthrough which could see the drug taken to human trials as early as 2019. [ + ]

The new EN ISO 374 standard refines the required capabilities for gloves that protect workers whose hands are subject to chemical and/or microorganism exposure. [ + ]

The Australian National University (ANU) is launching a search for a new planet in our solar system, and you're invited to help make this historic discovery. [ + ]

Griffith University researchers have shown that the whole blood-stage malaria parasite vaccine PlasProtecT is safe and induces an immune response in humans. [ + ]

Innovation and Science Australia has released the 2030 Strategic Plan Issues Paper as part of its plan to drive the national conversation around the future of Australian innovation, science and research. [ + ]

US scientists have found that the brains of those who are born blind make new connections in the absence of visual information, resulting in enhanced, compensatory abilities elsewhere. [ + ]

Arthur Sinodinos has unveiled the National Science Statement, articulating the government's vision and objectives for Australian science. [ + ]