An ANU chemist, working with collaborators in Mozambique, has been instrumental in developing a multiprolonged approach to eliminating cyanide poisoning in Africa.

Griffith University, in conjunction with the Australasian Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ASTH), has announced that they will conduct a definitive study into the suspected association between deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and air travel.

Researchers at The Australian National University have developed a map of a complex chemical receptor in the human body that plays an important role in the immune system. The receptor (the beta common receptor) controls the growth and activity of white blood cells involved in asthma, allergies, bacterial infections and some leukemias. Understanding how the receptor is activated by hormone-like signals may ultimately lead to new treatments for asthma and leukemia.

The first Australian-made satellite to be launched in over 30 years, FedSat, is due to leave Earth in February 2002.

A new technique for testing the condition of rubber products could lead to cost and time savings for industry and improve safety, by making it easier to check the likely performance life of parts in service.

In a major address in his final period in Parliament, The Hon. Tim Fischer MP has called for greater Australian involvement and investment in international agricultural research (IAR), and more support for it from his farming colleagues.

A Monash PhD student has developed a cheap and easy way to store sperm in aluminium foil bags.

A network of small oxygen probes could avert acid damage to the environment and save mining companies millions of dollars.

8,000 Wollongong homes could be running on waste-generated energy in the near future. Dr Sharman Stone, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment and Heritage, congratulated Brightstar Environmental for their innovation in developing the Solid Waste and Energy Recycling Facility (SWERF) at Whyte's Gully near Wollongong.

In the cotton growing areas of Australia, isolated instances of soil salinity have occurred. This has resulted primarily as a result of irrigation inefficiencies, particularly from leaking water storage’s and supply channels.

A new alliance between Clover Corporation and Food Science Australia will use breakthrough technology to put healthy fish oils into the Australian diet.

Crown Scientific has been appointed the sole Australian agent for Nuaire.

Australian researchers are developing technology that may help to combat the Greenhouse Effect and create food and an alternative source of fuel at the same time.

LabSystems has changed its name to Thermo LabSystems as part of a new corporate identity strategy, initiated by its parent company, Thermo Electron Corporation.

Proteome Systems and Shimadzu have announced an extension of their strategic alliance through establishment of two proteomics facilities in Sydney and Boston. This is the first result of their strategic alliance in proteomics that started in January, 2000.