Griffith University, the latest collaborating partner of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP), will host a CNBP research node at its Gold Coast campus. [ + ]

Aus-Swiss researchers have developed a miniature biosensor that provides insights into how individual cells behave. [ + ]

The NSW Government has announced the appointment of world-renowned robotics expert Professor Hugh Durrant-Whyte as the next NSW Chief Scientist & Engineer. [ + ]

A real-life version of Back to the Future's flux capacitor will have important applications in communication technology and quantum computing. [ + ]

Researchers from Australia, Brazil and the US have developed a fast and effective tool to detect Zika virus. [ + ]

Researchers have investigated why just 21% of patients enrolled in the PARADIGM-HF trial — which had a total of 8399 participants across 47 countries — were women. [ + ]

Biochemist and molecular biologist Professor John Shine AC FAA has commenced as President of the Australian Academy of Science. [ + ]

The foundation has three new areas of focus: entrepreneurship in science, leadership in our schools and guiding Australia's response to complex global legal issues. [ + ]

The story of the Loch Ness monster is one of the world's greatest mysteries. [ + ]

Scientists have identified a previously underappreciated way that cancer cells are destroyed — the inflammatory cytokine known as tumour necrosis factor (TNF). [ + ]

Scientists have investigated a special class of genes known as noncoding RNAs, found in the human genome and previously thought to be 'non-functioning' in cancer cells. [ + ]

Deakin University and Vestas have teamed up to improve the compressive strength of carbon fibre composite materials for wind turbines. [ + ]

While programmed cell death is essential for healthy development overall, many organs and tissues do not require the process in order to develop normally. [ + ]

As part of Vivid Sydney 2018, light projections of infectious biological agents will be expanded up to a billion times in size and beamed onto buildings in The Rocks. [ + ]

A big data annotation tool, called bpRNA, makes it easier to understand links between disease and mutant RNA. [ + ]