Swiss researchers have developed a new design for X-ray spectrometers that lowers overall production costs and increases the efficiency of X-ray flux. [ + ]

Seqirus has announced the donation of 20,000 doses of seasonal influenza vaccine to the people of Fiji in order to help alleviate a spike in cases of severe influenza. [ + ]

Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo has developed what is said to be the world's first kit able to directly detect the Zika virus (ZIKV) in blood. [ + ]

Belgian researchers have discovered how to use Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy to increase the amount of information that can be extracted from a protein microarray. [ + ]

NASA and the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation are teaming up to re-create the conditions that exist on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. [ + ]

The Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund) has announced funding partnerships with 10 new organisations, including major global pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. [ + ]

PhD students from the University of Wollongong recently collaborated to develop a device that effectively and efficiently separates purified neurons from other types of cells. [ + ]

Professor Tim Inglis has been awarded US$100,000 to develop a screening test that will detect antibiotic resistance in remote and low-resource settings and ensure the right antibiotics can be prescribed. [ + ]

Integrated DNA Technologies has acquired Mbiotech, a distributor of IDT products in South Korea for more than a decade. [ + ]

Atomo Diagnostics has secured $1.38 million to assist in the development and commercialisation of new rapid tests for the detection of dengue and chikungunya viruses, which are leading causes of illness and death in the tropics and subtropics. [ + ]

QBiotics has outlined the latest clinical developments in cancer compound EBC-46 to an audience of veterinary cancer experts. [ + ]

Research Australia has appointed four new board members: Professor Nicholas Fisk, Dr Adrian Nowitzke, Annette Schmiede and Professor Ian Jacobs. [ + ]

The Australian Institute of Medical Scientists has been accepted as a member of the International Federation of Biomedical Laboratory Science — a global organisation of national societies working to increase opportunities for the development of medical science laboratory professionals through education and partnership. [ + ]

Biotech company Alzhyme has licensed a range of peptides, developed at the University of Tasmania, which have the potential to treat Alzheimer's disease. [ + ]

The federal government has announced the future timing for the next funding round for Cooperative Research Centres and the next three rounds of CRC-Project funding. [ + ]