Researchers, science leaders and science journalists are encouraged to enter the 2016 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes before the close of entries on 6 May. [ + ]

The Department of Education and Training will co-fund the expansion of the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute's research and higher education training programs. [ + ]

Researchers have developed a 'sheet camera' that can be wrapped around everyday objects to capture images that cannot be taken with one or more conventional cameras. [ + ]

Scientists have discovered that social insects such as ants, bees and wasps have a genetic 'super switch' that designates both their gender and their status as either a queen or worker. [ + ]

An expert in the relationship between chronic inflammation and the development of cancers will be leading a new research laboratory collaboration between South Australia's Centre for Cancer Biology and Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research. [ + ]

Innate Immunotherapeutics has closed enrolment in its Phase 2B efficacy trial of MIS416 in patients with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis, having this week exceeded the original recruitment target of 90 subjects. [ + ]

University of Sydney spin-off company Gelion has secured an $11 million investment in its plan to make commercially viable, nanostructured, gel-based batteries. [ + ]

A recently discovered genetic mechanism allowing bacteria to develop and transfer resistance to colistin — one of the last-resort antibiotics — has been present in countries across the world for more than a decade, according to presenters at ECCMID 2016. [ + ]

The first ever AIMS Queensland & Tropical Division Annual Awards for Excellence in Medical Science will recognise and celebrate the excellence of people working in the medical science profession. [ + ]

The Bureau of Meteorology has installed a state-of the-art radar to take over from the West Takone weather watch radar in north-west Tasmania. [ + ]

Trajan Scientific and Medical has announced the acquisition of LEAP Technologies, which was formed in 1989 in order to serve the automation needs of chromatography- and mass spectrometry-related analytical laboratories. [ + ]

Cynata Therapeutics has announced positive interim data from a proof-of-concept study of its lead Cymerus MSC product, CYP-001, with the product demonstrating prolonged patient survival. [ + ]

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is currently accepting applications for the 17th round of Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative to encourage innovative and unconventional global health and development solutions.

Researchers from the University of Southampton have led a study into the risks of an individual experiencing a fracture in their lifetime. [ + ]

CRISPR-Cas systems are the latest generation of genetic tools, but these tools require researchers to identify the protospacer-adjacent motifs (PAMs) that unlock each system's functionality. [ + ]