Can hydroxychloroquine prevent COVID-19? Australia's healthcare workers are invited to take part in a new clinical trial to find out. [ + ]

Synthetic antimicrobial polymers can be made cheaply and easily on an industrial scale, and maintain their activity for longer periods in the body. [ + ]

The biomarker discovery could be used as the basis for a highly effective and simple diagnostic blood test to help detect prevalent cases of TB in the community. [ + ]

20 May was World Metrology Day, celebrating the central role of metrology, or measurement science, in trade, scientific discovery and innovation. [ + ]

Serving science company Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced several new measures as part of its efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. [ + ]

Korean researchers have developed an innovative method that allows them to visualise up to tens of different proteins simultaneously in the same cell. [ + ]

Australian scientists have successfully produced a coral that is more resistant to increased seawater temperatures in a laboratory setting. [ + ]

Researchers have been converting bioethanol into products including synthetic diesel, gasoline and jet fuel that have nearly the same properties as fossil fuels. [ + ]

Scientists have developed a drug-loaded microrobotic needle that effectively targets and remains attached to cancerous tissue in lab experiments. [ + ]

The drug interferon could stop outbreaks of COVID-19 by reducing the infectiousness of people who contract the SARS-Cov-2 virus. [ + ]

The reagents have a simple structural composition that can simultaneously target and modulate various pathogenic factors in complex neurodegenerative disorders. [ + ]

COVID-19 Immunoglobulin will be developed using donations of plasma made in Australia by people who have recovered from COVID-19. [ + ]

Coronavirus vaccine development has been all the rage lately, with scientists enlisting macaques to help them test vaccines for SARS-Cov-2 as well as MERS. [ + ]

Scientists are developing a process for removing hexavalent chromium from water, with a little help from sponge-like crystals known as metal–organic frameworks. [ + ]

Influenza A virus can kill key white blood cells and hide among them like a Trojan Horse to aid its spread in the body. [ + ]