Researchers pioneering a new method of zooming in on leukaemia cells in action have found that the notoriously treatment-resistant blood cancer cells are not playing 'hide and seek', as was traditionally believed, but are actually playing a game of 'tag'. [ + ]

UK researchers have made the first ever direct observation of the elusive dewetting process, which takes place when a liquid film retracts to form a bead-shaped drop. [ + ]

Melbourne researchers have developed a nanoscale engineering method that transforms tiny particles into Lego-like modular building blocks. [ + ]

A new study has analysed data for 2.4 million births in Sweden between 1973 and 1996 and determined that perinatal complications contribute to the risk of developing obsessive compulsive disorder later in life. [ + ]

A scientist from the University of Newcastle has developed what is claimed to be the most potent dietary antioxidant available anywhere in the world. [ + ]

Paleo practitioners, Atkins advocates and the anti-gluten brigade have got it all wrong, according to the latest research from the University of Sydney's Charles Perkins Centre. [ + ]

University of Sydney researchers have announced world-record results in rocket efficiency following the invention of new thruster technology. [ + ]

Researchers have discovered that a large portion of our immune cells need to go to school to learn how to fight off infections. [ + ]

Physicists from The Australian National University have halted light, bringing the prospect of optical quantum computing one step closer to reality. [ + ]

US researchers have been working on a molecular manufacturing method that can produce a broad range of biomolecules anywhere in the world, without power or refrigeration. [ + ]

The US FDA has announced the approval of a Western Australian-developed drug to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) — a rare and fatal muscle wasting disease affecting one in 3500 boys worldwide. [ + ]

It may seem counterintuitive, but exposing infants to allergenic foods from an early age may reduce the likelihood of them developing full-blown allergies and autoimmune disease later in life. [ + ]

Scientists are one step closer to using Australia's iconic gum trees to develop low-carbon renewable jet and missile fuel. [ + ]

With Lorne conference season just a few months away, Australia's life scientists will be getting ready for a massive two weeks packed with five different events. [ + ]

An international team of astronomers has discovered the secret behind a change in the behaviour of a supermassive black hole at the centre of a distant galaxy. [ + ]