The Australian National University (ANU) is launching a search for a new planet in our solar system, and you're invited to help make this historic discovery. [ + ]

Innovation and Science Australia has released the 2030 Strategic Plan Issues Paper as part of its plan to drive the national conversation around the future of Australian innovation, science and research. [ + ]

Griffith University researchers have shown that the whole blood-stage malaria parasite vaccine PlasProtecT is safe and induces an immune response in humans. [ + ]

Arthur Sinodinos has unveiled the National Science Statement, articulating the government's vision and objectives for Australian science. [ + ]

US scientists have found that the brains of those who are born blind make new connections in the absence of visual information, resulting in enhanced, compensatory abilities elsewhere. [ + ]

German researchers have discovered what they believe to be the underlying cause of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) — an illness which until now had no clear trigger. [ + ]

This year's World Meteorological Day has a somewhat sombre tone, with the WMO revealing that numerous climate records were broken in 2016. [ + ]

Researchers have confirmed that the evolution of bipedalism in fossil humans can be detected using a key feature of the skull — a claim that had previously been contested. [ + ]

Researchers have discovered a small protein in funnel web spider venom that could protect the brain from stroke-induced injury. [ + ]

Frontier Microscopy has developed an automated microscopy analysis system for the asbestos air monitoring industry. [ + ]

US scientists have developed a highly accurate method that analyses metabolic biomarkers to assess whether a child is on the autism spectrum. [ + ]

Lyncean Technologies, the manufacturer of the Lyncean Compact Light Source (CLS), has signed AXT as its exclusive representative in Australia and New Zealand. [ + ]

Have you ever wondered why the size and shape of the nose tends to vary between different human populations? [ + ]

Scientists have created a functional 'beating' human heart muscle from stem cells, in a breakthrough that will enable them to study cardiac biology and diseases 'in a dish'. [ + ]

Innovation and Science Australia (ISA) Chair Bill Ferris has identified the six key innovation challenges Australia must address in order to become a top-tier innovation nation. [ + ]