gridMathematica 8, the latest version of Wolfram's widely used platform for grid computing, has been released.

The recent outbreak of Hendra virus in horses and now a dog represents no significant increase in risk to humans, says Hendra and biosecurity researcher Linfa Wang. [ + ]

The 22nd Annual International Light Scattering Colloquium will be held at the Four Seasons Biltmore Resort in Santa Barbara, California.

A new miniature frog species or ‘toadlet’ has been discovered.

Clinical trials have successfully administered the compound AVI-4658, designed to restore dystrophin expression in participants with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

Macquarie University PhD student Dimitri Douchin has helped discover a new planetary nebula in our Milky Way.

CSIRO’s Dr Lin-Fa Wang works in the depths of a national biosecurity facility jam-packed with some of the planet’s nastier viruses that call bats home. [ + ]

Over the last 15 years, Dr Lin-Fa Wang ‘s group has quadrupled in size and now works on many different aspects of bat biology. [ + ]

CSIRO's Dr Lin-Fa Wang is investigating viruses in bats in the hope of finding insights into how they spread to humans. [ + ]

The University of Queensland has entered into an agreement with technology specialist Siemens to install a powerful MRI system.

The Institute for Molecular Biosciences' Sean Grimmond is the first in Australia to get hands on experience using the next next generation Ion Torrent technology. [ + ]

The Australian Maths Olympiad team have each won a medal at the IMO held in Amsterdam.

A discovery by scientists at Griffith University’s Institute for Glycomics opens the possibility of a new treatment for viruses that cause inflammation, such as Ross River virus and Dengue Fever. [ + ]

Researchers from Sydney and the UK are partnering to understand why malaria can be fatal to some but milder in others. [ + ]

The Australian Institute for Commercialisation will be moving premises on 1 August 2011.