MTPConnect and LSQ (Life Sciences Queensland Limited) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to boost the Australian life sciences sector. [ + ]

Personalised medicine for childhood cancers in Australia is now one step closer, following the launch of the Zero Childhood Cancer program's national clinical trial. [ + ]

Australian researchers have discovered that metformin, a common anti-diabetic drug, could have anti-ageing properties which could lead to longer, healthier lifespans. [ + ]

Researchers have grown three-dimensional samples of mineralised bone from human mesenchymal stem cells without typical osteoinductive media. [ + ]

Australian scientists have discovered a new way to store quantum data, thus taking a major leap forward to providing the building blocks for a global quantum internet. [ + ]

The Amgen Foundation, in partnership with the University of Sydney, has launched the Amgen Biotech Experience (ABE) in Australia as part of a global $10.5 million investment in science education. [ + ]

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is revising ISO/IEC 17025, General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories, 12 years after the publication of the previous version. [ + ]

Researchers have demonstrated a way to detect and image electronic spins non-invasively with ambient sensitivities and resolution orders of magnitude never before achieved. [ + ]

Japanese researchers have revealed what they claim to be the origins of cancer-associated fibroblasts — cells that play a key role in cancer progression — in a breakthrough that could lead to new approaches to cancer treatment. [ + ]

German biotech company Solida Biotech has appointed Scientex as a distributor. [ + ]

Australian life sciences investment firm BioScience Managers has chosen a robotic exercise assist device (REX) as its first investment for the Biomedical Translation Fund. [ + ]

Merck is collaborating with independent not-for-profit Project Data Sphere to jointly lead the Global Oncology Big Data Alliance (GOBDA). [ + ]

UNSW engineers have invented a new architecture for quantum computing that promises to make the large-scale manufacture of quantum chips both cheaper and easier than previously thought possible. [ + ]

The NSW Government announced the winners of the Medical Devices Fund at a ceremony held at Parliament House. [ + ]

The PLuS Alliance has announced the winners of the inaugural PLuS Alliance Prize, which recognises innovation in both research and education. [ + ]