The Americans go to the polls in two months, and in the meantime many of the country’s regulatory agencies go into hibernation, including the all-important FDA. [ + ]

Researchers at the Queensland University of Technology claim to have found a safe way to store radioactive waste.

Female frogs like to take out insurance against disaster by putting eggs in several baskets [ + ]

In an elegant experiment published earlier this year, Ryszard Maleszka and his team at ANU showed that silencing a gene for DNA methylation in honey bees directly mimicked the effect of royal jelly on whether larvae go on to become queens or workers. [ + ]

The Shadoo protein has generated much interest over the last five years as it is one of only three known members of the prion protein family. [ + ]

ANU researchers have discovered a new species of iguana in Fiji [ + ]

Young plant researcher to be awarded Goldacre medal at ComBio [ + ]

A symposium at ComBio on wound healing promises to take audiences on a journey from basic cell biology right through to 3D skin scaffolds as therapies. [ + ]

Australian-trained scientist Dr Paul Trainor has made a career of making faces. In doing so, he hopes to uncover novel ways to prevent or treat congenital birth defects. [ + ]

Genetic Technologies founder Mervyn Jacobson moves to spill board and CEO [ + ]

Three new fund managers selected for Innovation Investment Fund [ + ]

HIV rates up by half, Chlamydia most common, hep C infection down [ + ]

NuSep to licence out electrophoresis gels business [ + ]

Major shareholders chip in half of capital raising [ + ]

Court approves shareholder vote on HeartWare's plans to redomicile [ + ]