The Minister for Industry, Science and Resources, Senator Nick Minchin has announced the first $1.2 million funding round under the new National Innovation Awareness Strategy for projects to raise awareness of the importance of innovation and science.

In a move that enhances its position in the laboratory data management market, Thermo LabSystems has announced that it has acquired Galactic Industries, the spectroscopy software solutions company.

Delta EMD has signed an agreement to invest over $200,000 in the establishment of the ‘Delta EMD Lectureship in Applied Chemistry’ with the University of Newcastle.

Hyden farmer and Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Western Regional Panel Chairman, Dale Baker, has praised the CSIRO for the commitment it has shown WA agriculture by building a world class containment facility in Perth.

The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) is inviting submissions on draft guidelines for the Writing of Human Gene Therapy Proposals. The draft guidelines have been developed by the NHMRC Gene and Related Therapies Research Advisory Panel (GTRAP).

Lastek has been appointed the representative of LaVision for Australia and New Zealand.

From 16 July to 20 July the International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics will be held from 9:00am to 4:30pm.

A short-list of 37 major research facilities is to be considered for $155 million in government funding, the Minister for Industry, Science and Resources, Senator Nick Minchin, has announced.

Edinburgh University has extended by five years its contract with Japan's Fujisawa Pharmaceuticals to find new medicines to treat neurodegenerative illnesses.

Research into yeast microscopy led to Associate Professor Learmouth winning the Award for Excellence.

The Bracks Government has announced that it would establish a national synchrotron facility at Monash University.

CSIRO scientists have found a quick and reliable technique for assessing gene damage.

Australian researchers have presented the first evidence of a drug that attacks a key part of cancer cells, thought to be fundamental to the survival of most cancer cells in humans.

Proteome Systems of Sydney, Australia, and Sigma-Aldrich of St. Louis have entered a manufacturing and distribution collaboration.

A "tractor beam" that can reach out, trap and move objects has been developed by scientists in the United Kingdom. But while fictional tractor beams of the kind depicted in Star Trek can ensnare a spaceship, the real version works at a microscopic level.