The 2015 Prime Minister's Prizes for Science were awarded on 21 October at a celebratory dinner held at Parliament House. [ + ]

Oxford Nanopore Technologies has developed the MinION, a handheld device that works by detecting individual DNA bases that pass through a nanopore. [ + ]

Australian scientists have contributed to the worldwide effort of redefining the international unit of temperature: the kelvin. [ + ]

JDRF has announced a new clinical trial to slow the development of newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes in children. The trial will test a new application of an existing drug currently approved for use in children with juvenile arthritis. [ + ]

Months after the phenomenon known as 'The Dress' hit the internet, neuroscientists have demonstrated that the optical illusion is linked to specific brain activation patterns. [ + ]

The managing director of Olympus Australia and New Zealand, James Bowe, has made his vision for the company clear, claiming that success is driven by customer relationships. [ + ]

Pharmaceutical company Merck has announced a relaunch of its brand identity in order to reflect its transformation into a global science and technology company. [ + ]

Dr Robert Crombie, the managing director of oncology company Prescient Therapeutics, has resigned in order to focus on other business opportunities. [ + ]

Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) will terminate its phase 3 trial of the investigational medicine evacetrapib due to insufficient efficacy. [ + ]

Promega's PowerPlex Fusion 6C System has been granted approval by the FBI in the United States for use in laboratories that generate DNA records for the National DNA Index System (NDIS). [ + ]

Cynata Therapeutics will collaborate with Massachusetts General Hospital on the development of modified mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to treat cancer. [ + ]

The Technical University of Munich has built a technical facility for algae cultivation at its Ludwig Bölkow Campus in Ottobrunn, south of Munich. The facility will develop efficient processes for producing biokerosene and chemical products from algae. [ + ]

The 2015 AbbVie Student Poster Awards recognised the important research being carried out by Australian graduate students in areas such as pharmaceutical sciences, disease research, biology and nutritional science. [ + ]

A research team led by Sydney's Centenary Institute has discovered a significant link between breast cancer and nutrition — one which could lead to a new treatment aimed at 'starving' breast cancer cells. [ + ]

ResMed has completed its acquisition of Curative Medical, a provider of non-invasive ventilation and sleep-disordered breathing medical devices and accessories to the Chinese market. [ + ]