Mouth swabs may predict lung damage caused by smoking. [ + ]

Although the corals are flourishing around the atomic blasted Bikini Atoll, some species have not recovered.

SeerPharma to market new clinical software in Australia and south-east Asia [ + ]

US research investigates the evolution of the mammalian placenta. [ + ]

NSW and Victoria join forces to fund stem cell research. [ + ]

Cholesterol is an essential ingredient in healthy lung function, Australian research shows. [ + ]

Researchers have found a new type of molecule - kind of 'micro-switch' - that can turn off genes in rice, which is the primary source of food for more than half the world's population.

Cancer stem cells created with technique developed at Stanford University. [ + ]

Technique called EMI traces origins of disease genes in people with mixed ancestry. [ + ]

At the Sir Mark Oliphant Conference on Vaccine and Immunotherapy Technologies in Canberra on 9–10 April, Prof Stephen Kent  described how the immune system can be primed to attack the HIV virus more strongly.

CSIRO research is paving the way for the production of novel biomaterials from bee and ant silk. [ + ]

A course in self management and managing others is being facilitated by SIA.

Almost everywhere humans have gone in their peregrinations around the planet, the world's second most ubiquitous mammal, the black rat, Rattus rattus, has followed. [ + ]

Using a supercomputer, reaserchers have sped up redox potential calculations for potential drugs.

Staff from the CSIRO’s Australian Centre for Precision Optics and the National Measurement Institute have played an integral part in redefining the kilogram.