Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced plans to open multiple Global Customer Solution Centers. [ + ]

The majority of countries are unlikely to reach the UN's 2030 target to reduce deaths caused by the four major non-communicable diseases in people aged 30–70 years by a third. [ + ]

A newly developed medical device pairs a handheld sensor with a smartphone app and measures the levels of various metabolites in fluid samples from patients. [ + ]

By analysing the brain activity of tetraplegia patients, a new deep-learning algorithm can help restore functional movements to previously paralysed limbs. [ + ]

A 10-year-old beagle with prostate cancer is helping researchers at The University of Queensland use nanomedicines to accurately diagnose and target the disease. [ + ]

Scientists have found a way to boost the efficacy of the world's most powerful antimalarial drug, in a breakthrough that may overcome antimalarial drug resistance. [ + ]

The PCR-based method will improve monitoring and early detection of the reef pest, allowing reef managers to contain outbreaks sooner. [ + ]

CannaTech Sydney will take place from 28–30 October 2018 at Doltone House, Darling Island Wharf. [ + ]

Associate Professor Nadine Kasparian has won the 2018–19 Harkness Fellowship in Health Care Policy and Practice. [ + ]

The Australian Academy of Science is calling for the nation's views on the barriers and enablers that affect participation, retention and success of women and girls in STEM. [ + ]

Scientists have made a key advance towards understanding which of the trillions of gut microbes may play important roles in how humans and other mammals evolve. [ + ]

Researchers have uncovered a previously unknown role for the cholesterol regulatory protein LRP1, showing that it also manages the body's inflammation response. [ + ]

Melbourne researchers have revealed that a key player in the initiation, and pain, of migraines is a neuropeptide called calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP). [ + ]

The automated medical image analysis program, designed to detect tumours, employs the movement and style of a retro video game to examine the breast area. [ + ]

UTS has formally opened its latest state-of-the-art research facility, known as Tech Lab — a purpose-built, $65 million facility in the industrial hub of Botany. [ + ]