In response to a request for research applications from the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases, the National Health and Medical Research Council has announced almost $5 million for three projects to prevent and manage chronic lung diseases. [ + ]

The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) has renewed its memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the German research facility Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB). [ + ]

Olympus has announced positive results from a multicentre study assessing the safety and effectiveness of its endobronchial therapy for severe emphysema. [ + ]

As part of its Virtual Seminar Series, Safe Work Australia has released a short video which guides businesses through how to comply with the internationally agreed system for classifying and labelling chemicals. [ + ]

University of Adelaide researchers have developed what is claimed to be a world-first optical sensor that can detect vitamin B12 in diluted human blood. [ + ]

Scientists from The University of Queensland have discovered a major group of microorganisms contributing to climate change. [ + ]

Australian researchers have revealed that stroke injury can compromise the immune system, enabling bacterial pathogens to take an opportunistic journey from the gut into other organs — including the lungs. [ + ]

Cynata Therapeutics has received positive data from a proof-of-concept study of its Cymerus mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in an experimental model of asthma. [ + ]

The World Innovation Summit for Health has announced Dr Lawrence H Summers, a former chief economist of the World Bank, as a keynote speaker for its 2016 summit. [ + ]

Melbourne researchers have developed a way to radically miniaturise a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine using atomic-scale quantum computer technology. [ + ]

CSL has announced the inaugural recipients of its Centenary Fellowships, established to support Australia's best and brightest biomedical researchers. [ + ]

Xperential Scientific is a newly established scientific instrumentation, consumable, software and diagnostic supplier based in Melbourne. [ + ]

Fycompa, a once-daily epilepsy treatment, is now available in Australia for adjunctive treatment of primary generalised tonic-clonic (PGTC) seizures in adults and adolescents with idiopathic generalised epilepsy. [ + ]

Bill Ferris AC, chair of Innovation and Science Australia, has called for greater collaboration between Australian businesses and our publicly funded research institutions. [ + ]

Japanese researchers have shown that they can prevent protein synthesis reactions from taking place using a photoresponsive molecular cage. [ + ]