The United States Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has granted approval of the Life Technologies GlobalFiler Kit, from Thermo Fisher Scientific, for forensic laboratories that generate DNA profiles and upload them to the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) database. [ + ]

Queensland is primed to cater for the growing role of imaging in clinical research. [ + ]

A study into the 2014 World Cup soccer ball, the Brazuca, has found that the ball will play better at Brazil's higher altitude stadiums. [ + ]

Researchers from McGill University have discovered a way to use water as a solvent in one of the reactions most widely used to synthesise chemical products and pharmaceuticals. [ + ]

Pharmaxis (ASX:PXS) and seven multinational biotechs with a presence in Australia have been short-listed for the Prix Galien UK pharmaceutical R&D awards. [ + ]

A new partnership between Monash University and Pfizer will establish the Centre for Therapeutic Innovation. [ + ]

Fifteen young Australian medical researchers are off to Germany to meet with Nobel Prize winners in physiology and medicine. [ + ]

Life Sciences Queensland (LSQ) and Bioindustrial Innovation Canada (BIC) have signed a memorandum of understanding to accelerate the commercialisation of advanced new technologies. [ + ]

AUT University has announced the opening of the AUT-Roche Diagnostics Laboratory in an example of the strong collaboration between the university and Roche Diagnostics - a partnership said to be the first of its kind in New Zealand.  [ + ]

Researchers at CERN have found evidence for the direct decay of the Higgs boson into fermions. This comes two years after the discovery of the particle and indicates that it behaves in the way the standard model of particle physics predicts. [ + ]

The 2014 Rolex Awards for Enterprise were announced this week at the Royal Society in London. Initiated in 1976, the awards program recognises enterprising men and women who are using their talents and initiative to change the world. [ + ]

pSivida (ASX:PVA) has revealed its licensee Alimera Sciences has secured Class C approval in Italy for diabetic macular oedema treatment Iluvien. [ + ]

Research into muscular dystrophy has revealed a dysfunction in cell communication that causes heart failure in this disease. [ + ]

The Victorian Government has announced the development of a new strategy to position Victoria as an internationally competitive developer of medical technology (medtech), while also providing new opportunities for the state's advanced manufacturing sector. [ + ]

Public research bodies are responsible for the largest share of patent applications related to personalised medicine internationally, Marks & Clerk research shows. [ + ]