The Australian Academy of Science has announced two new national awards, following a generous donation by immunologist and Corresponding Member (international Fellow) of the academy Professor Sir Marc Feldmann. [ + ]

The Australian Academy of Science has announced two new national awards for early- and mid-career researchers, named after pre-eminent scientists Sir Gustav Nossal and Jacques Miller. [ + ]

The new chair of the National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) governing council has been announced as Professor Tanya Monro - an internationally acclaimed physicist who is passionate about improving the community's understanding of the relevance of physics and science in general. [ + ]

Australian industry leaders have proposed an Australian Innovation & Manufacturing (AIM) Incentive in submissions to the Senate's inquiry into Australia's innovation system. [ + ]

Observing the generation of stem cells in zebra fish embryos shows that hematopoietic stem cells are generated with the help of 'buddy' cells. [ + ]

Novogen (ASX:NRT) has won shareholder approval to raise funds to bring drug candidates into clinical trials and support from a FSHD foundation for its regenerative program with Genea Biocells. [ + ]

Orthocell (ASX:OCC) has listed on the ASX following last month's $8m IPO and started receiving royalty revenue from China for regenerative medicine product Ortho-ACI. [ + ]

Discovery of a dimmer switch to control drug action holds promise for the development of next-generation treatments for schizophrenia and other central nervous system disorders. [ + ]

Three young researchers from Melbourne are the winners of the 2014 L'Oréal Australia & New Zealand for Women in Science Fellowships. [ + ]

If you want to find out what science industry customers really want, you need to attend Australian Science Industry Exchange on 20 August. [ + ]

The SIA's one-day conference, Australian Science Industry Exchange, will give science industry vendors a unique insight into the needs of Australian science industry consumers. [ + ]

Biotech industry associations join forces to express concerns about changes to US non-statutory patent law. [ + ]

GI Dynamics (ASX:GID) has signed on the first obese patients for a utility trial of EndoBarrier in France and reported year-on-year revenue growth but a wider net loss for Q1. [ + ]

Researchers from La Trobe University have set up a crowdfunding page to enable research into the exposure of frogs to pesticides. [ + ]

Therapeutic Innovation Australia (TIA) has launched the Australian Therapeutic Pipeline - a collaborative initiative to better enable Australian researchers to translate their health discoveries into clinical application. [ + ]