Zika vaccine clinical trial launched
13 April, 2017Themis Bioscience, an Austrian biotech company developing prophylactic vaccines against emerging tropical infectious diseases, is testing a vaccine for the Zika virus.
Wrong way, turn back: oddball asteroid 'playing chicken' with Jupiter
03 April, 2017 by Lauren DavisAsteroid 2015 BZ509 is the only asteroid in the solar system known to have a clockwise, retrograde orbit around the Sun while at the same time sharing a planet's orbital space.
Empowering laboratories of the future: the urgent need for clinical context
31 March, 2017 by Martin Wilkinson* | Supplied by: InterSystems Corporation (Australia)Laboratory professionals must have detailed clinical information to make decisions on the most effective testing for patients.
Plan(et) 9 from outer space
28 March, 2017 | Supplied by: Australian National UniversityThe Australian National University (ANU) is launching a search for a new planet in our solar system, and you're invited to help make this historic discovery.
Not-so-happy World Meteorological Day
23 March, 2017This year's World Meteorological Day has a somewhat sombre tone, with the WMO revealing that numerous climate records were broken in 2016.
How climate helped shape the human nose
17 March, 2017Have you ever wondered why the size and shape of the nose tends to vary between different human populations?
Driven to drink: how climate change is changing koala behaviour
13 March, 2017 by Lauren DavisResearchers at the University of Sydney have made a remarkable and somewhat concerning discovery: Australia's koalas are getting thirsty, and it's likely a result of climate change.
Nutrient access affects trees' carbon storage abilities
10 March, 2017 by Lauren DavisA groundbreaking study led by Western Sydney University has found that common Australian trees are unable to store as much carbon dioxide as previously thought.
$150 million for four lucky CRCs
08 March, 2017Arthur Sinodinos has announced $151.5 million to be invested in four new Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) — the winners of the 18th CRC selection round.
World's oldest fossils uncovered
07 March, 2017An international research team has discovered the remains of microorganisms at least 3.77 billion years old, making them the oldest fossils ever found.
Telescope captures the birth of a black hole
02 March, 2017UWA's Zadko Telescope has captured the explosion that gave birth to a black hole 12 billion light years away, which took place before the Earth and Sun existed.
Metal-contaminated soil leads to antibiotic-resistant bacteria
28 February, 2017 | Supplied by: Edith Cowan UniversityAustralian and Scottish researchers have found that soils containing lead, manganese or aluminium — even in small amounts — contain bacteria with antibiotic resistance.
The crystals that power Earth's magnetic field
24 February, 2017Japanese researchers have been investigating the source of energy driving the Earth's magnetic field, hidden deep within its core.
In the red corner: the world's first middleweight black hole
14 February, 2017Astronomers have announced evidence for the existence of a 'middleweight' black hole — otherwise known as the missing link between relatively small, stellar-mass black holes and the supermassive black holes that lie at the centre of some galaxies.
Baleen whales have always been good listeners
13 February, 2017Victorians scientists have discovered the point at which baleen whales acquired the ability to make and hear the lowest frequency sounds of any mammal, which they use to send whale songs across tens and even hundreds of kilometres.
