Academics and student researchers can benefit from a new web-based application for performing qualitative analyses using Leximancer, a software platform developed by the Institute for Social Science’s Dr Andrew Smith and his team at The University of Queensland. [ + ]

Research from The University of Western Australia (UWA) has discovered that plants appear to react to sounds and may even make clicking noises to communicate with each other. [ + ]

An international project to test the accuracy of climate modelling is now looking at how well current models can recreate past climates, in order to asset their ability to predict future climate change. [ + ]

A curative treatment for type 1 diabetes will come under the microscope as part of a new study by researchers from Flinders University. [ + ]

AusIndustry invites those interested in the new Clean Technology Investment Programs to attend an information session to learn about the programs and how to apply. [ + ]

Phosphagenics (ASX:POH) has signed a deal to license two anti-ageing products formulated for the Indian market to Intas Pharmaceuticals. [ + ]

Clunivel has reached an in-principle agreement with the US Food and Drug Administration to accelerate the phase III trials of Scenesse for the treatment of erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP). [ + ]

Calzada (ASX:CZD) unit PolyNovo will soon trial its BTM technology as an implant to treat major burns and other full thickness wounds requiring a skin graft. [ + ]

Corals may be better placed to cope with the gradual acidification of the world’s oceans than previously thought, giving rise to hopes that coral reefs might escape climatic devastation. [ + ]

A new research institute at the University of Western Sydney (UWS) will use world-class facilities to deliver research that will help Australia tackle the impacts of climate change. [ + ]

Shots from the Lorne Infection and Immunity conference held in February this year. [ + ]

A study presented by Mayo Clinic researchers at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2012 in Chicago has identified two genes that are optimal targets to be analysed in a new noninvasive test for colorectal cancer. [ + ]

An interdisciplinary team of scientists at the University of Newcastle has shown the potential of a simple blood-based test to identify people in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, before any symptoms appear. [ + ]

How the changes in the 'Raising the Bar' Bill to intellectual property legislation will affect life science companies. [ + ]

Preclinical data shows Bionomics' (ASX:BNO) BNC105 compound can be effective in treating platinum-resistant ovarian cancer tumours. [ + ]