A new purpose-built technology hub to support emerging high-tech businesses has been established in South Australia. [ + ]

Yole Développement has released its technology and market analysis, ‘Microfluidic applications in the pharmaceutical, life sciences, in vitro diagnostic and medical device markets’. [ + ]

Queensland scientists will begin clinical trials of treatment for spinal cord injuries after discovering dramatic improvements in balance and coordination when blocking a protein.  [ + ]

Male lyrebirds coordinate song with dance, creating a display of a level of sophistication previously only known in humans. [ + ]

ResMed (ASX:RMD) has filed a US patent violation lawsuit against Chinese manufacturer BMC and is seeking to have the company added to its pending ITC case. [ + ]

The federal government has moved to amend intellectual property Crown use provisions following recommendations in the Productivity Commission Inquiry Report on the compulsory licensing of patents. [ + ]

Consegna (ASX:CGP) said two thirds of athletes trialling the prototype of the sport version of its BreatheAssist device felt they were able to take more air into their lungs. [ + ]

NICTA is leading a multimillion-dollar project that will use big data and machine learning to deliver new insights into the natural sciences. [ + ]

Pharmaceuticals company Mega Lifesciences is expanding its Australian business operations with the opening of an $8 million manufacturing plant in Pakenham, Victoria. [ + ]

Mesoblast (ASX:MSB) has secured a Japanese patent offering broad protection for its MPC adult stem cell platform in the market through to 2025. [ + ]

Australian intellectual property advisory firm FB Rice has appointed two new partners for its Melbourne biotechnology and chemistry practice. [ + ]

The Science of Learning Research Centre has received significant funding from the Australian Government to investigate the neuroscience of the human learning process. [ + ]

University of Washington engineers, with spin-out company NanoFacture, have developed a device that can simply and efficiently extract human DNA from fluid samples, making it ready for analysis and genome sequencing in minutes. [ + ]

PathoGenetix, a commercial-stage developer of an automated system for rapid bacterial identification, has announced research demonstrating the use of genome sequence scanning (GSS) technology to confirm and identify pathogenic Salmonella strains in enriched spinach samples in less than 5 h. [ + ]

CSIRO scientists have developed the first safety test for iPS cells. [ + ]