A method has been developed that can rapidly identify pathogenic species and strains causing illnesses, such as pneumonia. This could help lead to earlier detection of disease outbreaks and pinpoint effective treatments more quickly. [ + ]

pSivida (ASX:PVA) said none of the eyes treated using its micro-insert experienced a recurrence in posterior uveitis during the first 12 months of its phase I/II trial. [ + ]

The ARC has awarded fresh Linkage Grants for collaborations between Macquarie University, Patrys (ASX:PAB) and Minomic, and between Monash University and Starpharma (ASX:SPL). [ + ]

In 1959, Nobel prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman wrote: “It is very easy to answer many of these fundamental biological questions; you just look at the thing!” In 2013, Melbourne cell biologist Leann Tilley is doing just that as part of the global fight against malaria … using some very 21st century ways of ‘looking’. [ + ]

Contrary to all the TV shows, in real life only 10% of fingerprints taken from crime scenes yield identifications usable in court. But now a new way of detecting and visualising fingerprints from crime scenes using colour-changing fluorescent films could lead to higher confidence identifications from latent (hidden) fingerprints on knives, guns, bullet casings and other metal surfaces. [ + ]

Just in time for the Ashes test cricket series this week, two Australian physicists have presented equations highlighting the trajectory of a spinning ball as it moves through the air in the presence of wind. [ + ]

Pharmaxis (ASX:PXS), Phylogica (ASX:PYC) and LBT Innovation (ASX:LBT) will all receive Australian Research Council linkage grants for projects with universities. [ + ]

A study has found that the analysis of biomarkers in the urine samples of kidney transplant recipients can diagnose transplant rejection, even before it occurs. [ + ]

A new group of therapies is showing promise for the treatment of haemophilia. [ + ]

Particle and Surface Sciences Australia has reported on how nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA), from Nanosight UK, is being implemented for the further characterisation of natural colloids (inorganic and organic) at the Institute of Water Resources and Water Supply at the Technical University Hamburg-Harburg in Germany. [ + ]

The RACI Division of Biomolecular Chemistry will hold its 2013 conference in the Blue Mountains in July. With themes of medicinal chemistry, chemical biology and drug discovery, here is a taste of what the meeting has in store. [ + ]

Instead of relying on heavy metals as catalysts, researchers have discovered a way to use iron which will make the process of hydrogenation both more environmentally friendly and less expensive. [ + ]

AmpliPhi and US army researchers will collaborate on treatments for antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections including Staphylococcus aureus. [ + ]

For decades, electronic devices have been getting smaller, and smaller, and smaller. It’s now possible - even routine - to place millions of transistors on a single silicon chip. But transistors based on semiconductors can only get so small. [ + ]

Europe PubMed Central (Europe PMC), a public archive of 28 million abstracts and 2.6 million full-text articles, has teamed with Researchfish, an online system for tracking and reporting on research outcomes. [ + ]