Biomedical engineers have used a cheap, commercially produced polymer to assist in bone regeneration, which could result in better therapies for spinal injuries, bone grafts and other orthopaedic surgeries. [ + ]

With mosquitoes responsible for the transmission of several deadly diseases around the world, the fight against these insects is high on the agenda. [ + ]

EMBL Australia has announced two upcoming events that will be of interest to bioinformaticians, computational biologists and biomedical researchers. [ + ]

The inaugural Australian Falling Walls Lab competition has been won by Dr Kim van Netten, an engineering researcher from the University of Newcastle. [ + ]

Olympus Australia has been proclaimed an ABA100 Winner of the 2016 Australian Business Award for Business Innovation. [ + ]

When do you think global warming first began to take effect? If you answered any later than the Industrial Revolution, you're in for a shock. [ + ]

If you're a criminal with a propensity towards guns, now might be the time to go straight, as forensic scientists have reported matching gunshot residue with specific brands of ammunition for the first time. [ + ]

An international research collaboration has discovered the enzyme that contributes to chronic inflammation in the blood of patients with suicidal tendencies. [ + ]

Australian biotech company Medlab has signed a significant cannabis supply agreement with Aphria, a Canadian-licensed producer of medical marijuana. [ + ]

Deakin University researchers have discovered that the zebra finch, a small Australian desert bird, calls to its embryos during incubation to warn them about the heat they will face upon hatching. [ + ]

ANU researchers are engineering a bacterial enzyme that could help detect many performance-enhancing drugs over longer time frames compared with current anti-doping tests. [ + ]

Scientists have shown for the first time the important and different role played by the proteins MLKL and RIPK3 as regulators of the necroptotic process in a preclinical model of autoimmune disease. [ + ]

Scientists have used a novel ceramic membrane to make the direct, non-oxidative conversion of gas to liquids possible for the first time — reducing cost, eliminating multiple process steps and avoiding any carbon dioxide emissions. [ + ]

Scitech has been appointed the authorised distributor for Omicron-Laserage — a company that develops, builds and produces an innovative range of lasers, laser light engines and LED sources and light engines. [ + ]

Australian scientists have developed a material based on graphene that has the heat resistance of some metals but is much lighter. [ + ]