Start-up SMART Arm will receive a grant worth $200K to help commercialise its eponymous upper limb rehabilitation device for stroke victims. [ + ]

They may make you laugh but the winners of this year's Ig Nobel prizes have all been published and contribute to the world's growing body of sometimes useless knowledge. [ + ]

Patrys's (ASX:PAB) anticancer antibody, PAT-SM6, has been granted orphan drug designation in the EU for bone marrow cancer multiple myeloma. [ + ]

A new breeding technique and an old wheat cultivar are combining to produce quality wheat faster. [ + ]

Starpharma (ASX:SPL) will advance dendrimer-oxaliplatin into development, after lab trials indicate its version of the chemotherapy drug can be more effective and reduces toxicity. [ + ]

University of Queensland (UQ) physicists have successfully 'teleported' an atom, transmitting it from one location to another inside an electronic chip. This marks the first time quantum teleportation has been achieved in a solid-state system. [ + ]

Until now, only 36 basic types of chemical reactions have been identified. But a 37th type has just been added to the list. [ + ]

ResMed (ASX:RMD) has signed up all 1325 patients for what it is billing as the world's largest study of sleep-disordered breathing therapy in at-risk heart failure patients. [ + ]

From diamonds that light up the inside of cells to broody male weedy sea dragons, this year's Australian Museum Eureka Prizes recognise some of the great work and great people in Australian science. [ + ]

As well as being a favourite feeding ground for dugongs and sea turtles, seagrass meadows may be a major carbon sink for the planet. [ + ]

GI Dynamics (ASX:GID) said five new centres in Australian capital cities have agreed to offer EndoBarrier as a treatment option for type 2 diabetes and obesity. [ + ]

During a recent trial, Clinuvel's Scenesse (ASX:CUV) was able to improve repigmentation in patients undergoing NB-UVB therapy for vitiligo, and to help sustain the effect. [ + ]

Researchers at the University of Oxford, University of Notre Dame and F Hoffmann-La Roche have identified a mechanism that limits the ability of the body clock to adjust to changes in patterns of light and dark. This in turn reveals why the body is so slow to recover from jet lag. [ + ]

Whole genome resequencing reveals sorghum contains much more genetic variation than previously realised. [ + ]

The local wine industry and consumers will both benefit following research to identify differences in the top cabernet sauvignon grape clones. [ + ]