Researchers are deploying voice-assistant technology to make the laboratory safer for scientists who handle potentially infectious samples, as well as those with disabilities. [ + ]

Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic is encouraging all Australians to get involved in a national conversation to guide the direction of Australia's science priorities. [ + ]

Researchers used the telescope to observe massive candidate galaxies at the beginning of time, believed to be up to 100 billion times the mass of the Sun. [ + ]

Seismologists believe they have documented evidence of a distinct layer inside Earth — a solid 'metallic ball' that sits within the centre of the inner core. [ + ]

Myeloid Therapeutics will collaborate with the NSW Government to create a world-class RNA manufacturing and research facility at Macquarie University. [ + ]

Researchers found that both social isolation and loneliness increased the risk of hospitalisation or death from heart failure by 15–20%. [ + ]

Until now, it was believed that blood cells derived solely from stem cells found in bone marrow. [ + ]

Many extracellular vesicles (EVs) from cancer cells exist stably and are excreted in the urine without breaking down. [ + ]

Waters Corporation has entered into an agreement to acquire Wyatt Technology for US$1.36 billion in cash, subject to certain adjustments. [ + ]

Engineers have designed miniature robots that can rapidly and reversibly shift between liquid and solid states, as well as being able to conduct electricity. [ + ]

UQ-developed chimera virus technology was used to make a 'hybrid' version of the virus, using a mosquito-only Australian virus that is harmless to humans. [ + ]

Australia's national high performance computing and data analytics facility has signed an MoU with Japan's RIKEN Centre for Computational Science. [ + ]

Blocking a damaging and scar-regulating protein called interleukin-11 (IL-11) enables damaged kidney cells to regenerate, restoring impaired kidney function. [ + ]

Researchers have devised a sunlight-powered porous hydrogel, inspired by loofah sponges, that could potentially purify enough water to satisfy someone's daily needs. [ + ]

AcuraBio expects to produce more plasmid DNA for its customers around the world using Cytiva's latest bacterial plasmid two-step purification protocol. [ + ]