Antipodean researchers are launching the largest randomised control trial into the use of ketamine for patients suffering from long-term depression. [ + ]

Physicists have for the first time managed to artificially carry out the phenomenon of DNA condensation on a biochip. [ + ]

Two groups of Australian scientists have announced separate studies into the cornea, bringing hope to the millions of people suffering from visual impairment worldwide. [ + ]

Scientists at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have led the development of a new technology based on synthetic human genome sequences. [ + ]

Scientists have created a new material that performs like a cell membrane found in nature. The material can assemble itself into an extremely thin sheet that can withstand being submerged in a variety of liquids and can even repair itself after damage. [ + ]

The AGTA conference, Australia's foremost genomic technology conference, is an essential event for researchers and industry representatives who work with genomic technologies in a variety of contexts including platform development, medical genomics, functional genomics, non-model systems, epigenomics and plant genomics. [ + ]

Imagine a future where simple blood tests provide an efficient, painless and non-invasive way to track changes in cancer patients and guide treatment. [ + ]

Griffith University researchers will soon begin Phase 1 clinical trials investigating a needle-free vaccine targeted at Streptococcus A infection. [ + ]

Across Australia and New Zealand, mortality and morbidity rates remain significant among patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes (ACS). [ + ]

Scribbled notes and sketches on a page in a notebook by Leonardo da Vinci, previously dismissed as irrelevant, have been identified as the place where he first recorded his understanding of the laws of friction. [ + ]

US scientists have created their own self-destructing bacteria — one which they hope to deploy in the fight against cancer. [ + ]

Researchers have identified a set of 13 genes that enable them to determine those kidney transplant patients who are 2–3 times more likely to develop fibrosis. [ + ]

Autoimmunity occurs when the adaptive immune system's process of self-tolerance fails, rendering it unable to distinguish between self- and nonself-antigens — potentially leading to autoimmune diseases.

CSIRO has partnered with Canadian chemicals company Enirgi Group in a move to develop and commercialise an affordable and efficient technology for producing magnesium. [ + ]

Looking to understand how collective patterns in bacterial colonies form, Enkeleida Lushi and her colleagues created tiny racetracks from clear plastic. [ + ]