A new species of snail has been discovered by a Bush Blitz expedition that took place on Bush Heritage Australia's Carnarvon Station Reserve in the highlands of southern Queensland. [ + ]

The Advanced LIGO project has been officially opened in the United States. The project aims to complete the search for the last missing piece of Einstein's general theory of relativity - gravitational waves. [ + ]

Merck Millipore and Singulex have entered into a definitive agreement under which Merck Millipore will control and manage the Singulex Life Science Research business. As a result, Merck Millipore will have exclusive rights to further develop and commercialise Singulex's Single Molecule Counting (SMC) technology for research applications worldwide. [ + ]

A study involving 350,000 people, from 66 nations, has found that the stereotypical association of men (rather than women) with science is prevalent across the world. [ + ]

Healthcare company GSK Australia has received a $1 million grant through the federal government's Manufacturing Transition Programme. The funding will support GSK's advanced manufacturing expansion plans at its Boronia site in Melbourne's outer-eastern suburbs. [ + ]

Researchers from the University of Sydney have published a diagram which charts, in unprecedented detail, the insulin/IGF1 signalling pathway (ISP) - a complex network of molecular interactions triggered by insulin which plays an essential role in long-term health, obesity and diseases such as diabetes. [ + ]

Minister for Education and Training Christopher Pyne has commissioned the Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA) to undertake a review of Australia's research training system to ensure that it meets our research needs in the 21st century. [ + ]

Australia's National Measurement Institute (NMI) has presented the annual Barry Inglis Medal and the NMI Prize. The awards highlight the importance of measurement across diverse spheres of knowledge. [ + ]

A new partnership between G3Lab and WOTSO WorkSpace is bringing top-end lab space within reach of a broad range of lab users, offering flexible lab spaces for rental in the heart of Sydney. [ + ]

Minister for Industry and Science Ian Macfarlane has undertaken a special visit to the Trajan Scientific and Medical global headquarters in Melbourne, facilitated by Member for Deakin Michael Sukkar. [ + ]

The CRC Association's annual conference, to be held from 25-27 May in Canberra, will be celebrating 25 years of innovation through the Cooperative Research Centres Program. [ + ]

Australian researchers have found that neutrophils - innate immune cells that swarm to sites of injury within minutes to undertake damage control and kill invaders - can in some cases enlist reinforcements in their fight against pathogens. [ + ]

Chinese and Australians scientists have published research experimentally exploring how quantum matter changes when it makes a 'quantum phase transition'. [ + ]

Researchers from KU Leuven have discovered a method to separate the rare-earth elements europium and yttrium with UV light instead of traditional solvents. Their findings offer new opportunities for the recycling of fluorescent lamps and low-energy light bulbs. [ + ]

Researchers have developed a novel reference biosensor to aid the development of calibrated and standardised diagnostic devices. The intention of the work is to have a reproducible system that could be used to normalise and compare data and test new diagnostic devices to validate claims concerning sensitivity and detection limits. [ + ]