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Media portrayal of the geek is unflattering and not conducive to encouraging students to take secondary and tertiary studies in science and technology fields.

Melbourne-based biotechnology company Optiscan has developed a dual high-definition, endomicroscopy endoscope using its miniaturised microscope technology.

Complete bacteria metabolome highlights protein networks and functions. [ + ]

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Two ORNL researchers have demonstrated that free-living microalgae combined with ‘work-around’ strategies can be used as broad-spectrum automated biosensor systems for continuous monitoring of source drinking water.

Australia does not have any legislation in place to regulate how, and by whom, genetic test results can be used.

Applications in diagnosing diease and investigating crimes. [ + ]

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CompoZr Zinc Finger Nuclease technology enables creation of next-generation rodent research models that can provide new insight into human disease. [ + ]

The Australian Museum Eureka Prizes showcase research done by researchers in the life sciences. [ + ]

Australian patent awarded for LabTech System's MicroStreak agar plate streaking technology. [ + ]

New environmentally-friendly biotechnology facility opened in Canberra. [ + ]

Begins sale of HyStem, a customisable synthetic extracellular matrix (ECM) from Glycosan BioSystems. [ + ]

Asylum Research and the Natural History Museum of London have announced that the museum’s mineralogy department has acquired Asylum’s MFP-3D Stand Alone Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) to expand on their range of research tools to study nanomaterials.