All sorts of scientists and research institutions were involved in the development of Speedo's record-toppling swimsuit.

Scientists have identified two proteins that significantly increase the ability of disease-causing bacteria to resist some classes of antibiotics.

Mesenchymal stem cells are being trialled as a potential treatment for graft-versus-host disease, a common complication of bone marrow transplantation. [ + ]

Tom Gonda has taken a robotic approach to functional genomics. [ + ]

It's not the $1000 genome just yet, but Applied Biosystems says it's getting there. [ + ]

E. coli caught on film getting a little cell-on-cell action. [ + ]

One of the criticisms of the new Rudd Government has been about the amount of reviews and inquiries it has ordered since its election four months ago. [ + ]

Russian researchers have discovered a novel way to generate photocurrent by using proteins found in the sensory and energy-storing systems of photosynthetic bacteria

A small audience of the general public listened to two of Australia's most prominent scientists discuss how the economic costs of trying to reach the 2050 carbon reduction targets of 60% would come at a very small cost to the wider community

An automated cancer stem cell screening facility has officially opened at the QBI. [ + ]

Packaging siRNA in a liposome improves delivery to tumours. [ + ]

Peter Klinken and his team are studying key decision makers in blood cell differentiation and leukaemia. [ + ]

RNA microarray chip technology developed by the University of Queensland licensed to Invitrogen. [ + ]

US scientists have engineered a transparent zebrafish - nicknamed Caspar - to view its internal organs and observe tumour metastasis and stem cell engraftment. [ + ]

Industries and sectors wait with baited breath for revolutionary new policies to be announced, increases in spending to be determined and any policies that the old government had planned can generally be assured of being tossed out the window