Dr Wafa El-Adhami has been appointed the executive of Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE). [ + ]

The World Health Organization's Emergency Committee has found that there is a very low risk of further international spread of Zika virus as a result of the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games. [ + ]

Drug delivery company Phylogica has announced the improved delivery of antisense oligonucleotide drugs inside cells. [ + ]

The co-founder and CEO of laboratory automation company LBT Innovations, Lusia Guthrie, has been appointed chair of Clever Culture Systems (CCS) for a two-year period. [ + ]

The researchers who discovered four new elements of the periodic table last year have submitted their proposed names to the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. [ + ]

The Commonwealth Health Minister's Award for Excellence in Health and Medical Research for 2016 has been awarded to Dr Joseph Powell from The University of Queensland (UQ). [ + ]

Paradigm Biopharma has announced a series of updates surrounding its clinical trial program for hayfever, which will, for the first time, see pentosan polysulfate sodium (PPS) delivered intranasally in human volunteers. [ + ]

Swiss researchers have developed a new design for X-ray spectrometers that lowers overall production costs and increases the efficiency of X-ray flux. [ + ]

Seqirus has announced the donation of 20,000 doses of seasonal influenza vaccine to the people of Fiji in order to help alleviate a spike in cases of severe influenza. [ + ]

Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo has developed what is said to be the world's first kit able to directly detect the Zika virus (ZIKV) in blood. [ + ]

Belgian researchers have discovered how to use Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy to increase the amount of information that can be extracted from a protein microarray. [ + ]

NASA and the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation are teaming up to re-create the conditions that exist on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. [ + ]

The Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund) has announced funding partnerships with 10 new organisations, including major global pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. [ + ]

PhD students from the University of Wollongong recently collaborated to develop a device that effectively and efficiently separates purified neurons from other types of cells. [ + ]

Integrated DNA Technologies has acquired Mbiotech, a distributor of IDT products in South Korea for more than a decade. [ + ]