A miniaturised optical imaging probe known as the microscope-in-a-needle, developed at The University of Western Australia, has been licensed to medical device company Miniprobes. [ + ]

An international research team has sequenced the genome of the Australian pitcher plant and, in doing so, discovered a key to the mystery of how the plant became carnivorous. [ + ]

Astronomers have announced evidence for the existence of a 'middleweight' black hole — otherwise known as the missing link between relatively small, stellar-mass black holes and the supermassive black holes that lie at the centre of some galaxies. [ + ]

Victorians scientists have discovered the point at which baleen whales acquired the ability to make and hear the lowest frequency sounds of any mammal, which they use to send whale songs across tens and even hundreds of kilometres. [ + ]

Researchers have prevented the progression of diabetic kidney disease (DKD) in laboratory studies of type 2 diabetes, signalling an important breakthrough in the field of diabetes research. [ + ]

Applications are now open for CSIRO's Synthetic Biology Future Science Fellowships — a $3 million program to recruit outstanding national and international early-career scientists to expand Australia's research capacity in synthetic biology. [ + ]

Researchers are building a 300 m² greenhouse using transparent glass that can generate 50 W/m² of surface area. [ + ]

Following the success of the 2016 Building Better Futures for Health Challenge, ide Group is bringing the event back for 2017. [ + ]

To mark the 40th anniversary of the Australia-Japan Foundation, CellBank Australia and JCRB Cell Bank are disbursing 40 Japan-derived cell line vials to Australia-based research scientists, free of charge, for non-communicable disease (NCD) research. [ + ]

Across the universe, galaxies are being killed, and scientists want to know whodunnit. [ + ]

Antibodies sourced from horses could be used as part of post-exposure treatment in the next Ebola outbreak, according to an international research team. [ + ]

Innovation and Science Australia (ISA) has concluded that Australia is quite good at coming up with clever ideas but not so good at transferring them into tangible outcomes. [ + ]

Biotron has completed its HIV-1 animal trial of drug candidate BIT225, announcing positive results which caused the company's share prices to rise by almost 15%. [ + ]

Researchers have discovered the first ever blood biomarker for multiple sclerosis (MS), a debilitating disorder of the central nervous system that is caused by the immune system attacking the body. [ + ]

Researchers from the University of Wollongong have demonstrated that a coating of a single-atom thickness can protect metals from corrosion. [ + ]