The January/February 2009 issue of Australian Life Scientist is out now [ + ]

Triplet repeat defect in Arabidopsis provides genetically tractable model [ + ]

The discovery that some cells sacrifice themselves if they are infected with a virus will help improve understanding of how cells normally combat viral infection, and may also be relevant for the disease lupus, where the immune system attacks normal cellular proteins.

Immuron’s BioGard in Phase II trial for HIV [ + ]

Microfluidics and Horiba Instruments have formalised their longstanding partnership.

LabWare LIMS v6.0 is one of the first enterprise LIMS to become certified for use with SAP’s Enterprise SOA-based Integration Technology.

A new semantic web search engine developed at The University of Alabama in Huntsville is helping scientists who study the environment retrieve the research data they need, and has the potential to help researchers in other fields perform more focused and productive searches.

Study finds sex-specific risk SNP for late-onset Alzheimer’s [ + ]

Canadian researchers have demonstrated the difference between normal stem cells and cancer stem cells in humans. It is anticipated that this research will help scientists target cancer cells and leave healthy cells untouched during cancer treatment.

An extra second will be added to 2008 so that the world's clocks are in agreement with the Earth's rotation.

The research in the university sector will be strengthened by the Rudd government's funding of an additional 1000 Australian Postgraduate Awards.

ALS on holidays, Benedict on medical alert due to leek threat [ + ]

The Institute for Transdisciplinary eResearch Services and Technology will facilitate e-research across NSW universities and relevant public and private sector research agencies. The NSW government is investing $2.8 million over three years to develop the institute.

The potential for joint Australian–French science and research breakthroughs has been boosted with the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the two governments in Canberra.

Reactive oxygen species can be detected and measured in vivo using a new family of fluorescent probes called Hydrocyanines.