A tale of two melanocytes: why does one become a mole and the other a melanoma? [ + ]

The annual Lorne conferences begin this weekend. First up, protein structure and function, where we learn the tricks of the bacterial toy trade. [ + ]

An unusual collaboration between IT researchers and geneticists may hold the key to increasing international internet speeds.

Adelaide scientists will lead a $2 million, five-year project to develop better vaccines and treatment options for hepatitis C sufferers.

UQ neuroscientists add more weight to the "use it or lose it" model for brain function. [ + ]

Cambridge University neuroscientist Professor John Hodges has been lured to the University of NSW. [ + ]

Genetic analysis of light fingers noise problem [ + ]

Adelaide biotechs vivoPharm and TGR expand and contract. [ + ]

For the first time, scientists can now show how a particular family of diseases is passed down from mother to child, and how this can lead to the severity of the disease differing widely.

Researchers find microscopic copy number variations associated with X-linked mental retardation. [ + ]

More than $124 million will be invested by the Australian Government in new medical and health research projects.

Two major projects to study colorectal cancer and HIV/AIDS were the big winners in the NHMRC grants round. [ + ]

Method to better interrogate H5 flu virus protein developed by Australian and international researchers. [ + ]

A team of researchers from The Australian National University will lead a new joint research centre with China conducting leading-edge research into treatments for Avian Influenza (bird flu).

Professor Emeritus Jack Pettigrew has argued for more than two decades that fruit bats are actually flying primates, distant relatives of monkeys, lemurs and us. [ + ]