A portable, easy-to-use, point-of-care diagnostic system for COVID-19 can deliver patients their test results around one hour from the time of their nasal swab. [ + ]

Traditionally, doctors have treated men and women as the same when it comes to heart disease — but Dr Leslie Cho says it is time to start thinking differently. [ + ]

Scientists have developed an ultrastable, selective catalyst to dehydrogenate propane without deactivation, even at temperatures of more than 600°C. [ + ]

Remdesivir has been described as the most promising treatment option so far to reduce hospitalisation time for those suffering from severe SARS-Cov-2 infections. [ + ]

Blood cancer patients at Melbourne's Epworth HealthCare and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre now have access to circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) genomic testing. [ + ]

Two impairments of old age — frailty and immunity decline — can be halted and even partially reversed using a novel cell-based therapeutic approach. [ + ]

Professor Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh has been awarded the 2020 Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science by the Royal Society of Chemistry. [ + ]

By reducing the beam diameter of an X-ray free-electron laser to 6 nm, researchers bring the utility of these lasers for imaging structures closer to the atomic level. [ + ]

A non-invasive technology platform utilises low-frequency ultrasound (250 kHz) to detonate microscopic tumour-targeted bubbles like warheads. [ + ]

The world's deep oceans are warming at a slower rate than the surface, but it's still not good news for deep-sea creatures. [ + ]

The device comprised soy protein and chitin, which formed a matrix with a porous, interconnected microarchitecture similar to that of certain body tissues. [ + ]

A genetic dysfunction in specific brain cells of the cingulate cortex area strongly influences head pain occurrence. [ + ]

The Phase 1 trial will provide initial safety and immune response data on the vaccine and is being conducted at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. [ + ]

Researchers have developed a novel method for extracting enzymes from bacteria, opening up a new avenue for the enzymatic production of biodiesel. [ + ]

Scientists have shown in laboratory studies that aqueous and ethanolic extracts of specially bred sweet wormwood plants are active against SARS-Cov-2. [ + ]