UQ researcher Dr Ryan Taft has joined Illumina as director of scientific research, to help further the company's work on using the human genome to identify disease-carrying mutations. [ + ]

An engineer working on the Bloodhound SSC (supersonic car) project has published a paper on the aerodynamic characteristics of travelling at 1000 mph (1609 km/h), increasing the current land speed record (LSR) by over 30%. [ + ]

It is sometimes said that the best ideas are those already thought of, and that is exactly what structural biologist Dr Fasséli Coulibaly in Melbourne is banking on with his research on viruses. By deciphering viral protein structures that have evolved over thousands of years, he hopes to stop viral infections in their tracks and improve delivery of vaccines against a variety of diseases to the developing world. [ + ]

When it comes to studying thunderstorms, the best lab is the site of the storm itself. That's where Joshua Soderholm, a PhD student at the University of Queensland, has been conducting his research project into the collisions between thunderstorms and sea breezes. [ + ]

The Burnet Institute has signed a $5 million agreement with China to support the development of low-cost diagnostic tests. [ + ]

An effective employee share scheme would enable start-up companies to attract and retain the quality employees they need to become established successful ventures.   [ + ]

BioProspect (ASX:BPO) will acquire a stake in Invatec and a global licence to a potential heart rate-based diagnostics test for a wide range of mental health disorders. [ + ]

Scientists at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have confirmed the existence of a new class of subatomic particles called exotic hadrons. The LHCb collaboration, one of the four large experiments at the LHC, found that the exotic object does not fit into the pattern of particles observed up until now. [ + ]

Consumers in Australia have adopted the web as the go-to resource to find the best price on products from around the world. But while we shop online for ourselves looking for a bargain, are we doing this in the laboratory? [ + ]

Professor Alpha Yap's research team has identified a key player in the process that causes epithelial tumours to extrude cancerous cells that can go on to proliferate or invade. Their discovery offers a potential target for new drug therapies to prevent metastasis. [ + ]

GI Dynamics (ASX:GID) has revealed that its EndoBarrier therapy now has reimbursement coverage at one of Israel's four HMOs, and is now on offer at two more Australian clinics. [ + ]

The winners of the 2014 Extreme Imaging Competition have been announced. [ + ]

Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have produced a system that allows light of any colour to pass through it if this light is coming from a specific angle. [ + ]

The Australian Society for Microbiology Annual Scientific Meeting & Trade Exhibition returns to Melbourne in 2014. This is the largest and most prestigious microbiology conference held in Australia and attracts approximately 600 microbiologists, allied professionals, researchers and academics from across the country and around the world. [ + ]

Nutrition scientist and public health researcher Professor Kerin O'Dea discusses a career dedicated to researching diet and chronic disease in Indigenous Australians. [ + ]