Australia needs to train over 1000 new experts in environmental remediation if it is to become an international leader in the ‘clean society’, according to Professor Ravi Naidu, managing director of the Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE).

The ability of scientists to improve health and disease management of cattle and enhance the nutritional value of beef and dairy products has received a major boost with the release of the most complete sequence of the cow genome ever assembled.

The Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) has called for a whole of government approach to innovation, enhanced incentives to undertake innovation and better collaboration between commercial organisations and publicly funded research institutions (PFRIs).

The ARC Network for Fluorescence Applications in Biotechnology and Life Sciences (FABLS), NSW Department of State and Regional Development and Macquarie University invite you to a ‘microorganisms and enzymes in manufacturing’ seminar.

The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) in the US has released survey results that demonstrate pervasive and dangerous political influence of science at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

An enzyme that is billions of years old holds the promise of renewing ageing tissues and combating cancer.

The Minister for Education, Science and Training, Julie Bishop has announced six initiatives that will support greater collaboration between researchers, both domestically and internationally.

Standards Australia Committee ME-002-04 has agreed to adopt ISO 11623:2002 ‘Transportable gas cylinders – Periodic inspection and testing of composite gas cylinders’ with national modifications.

A string of scientific world-firsts has resulted in nine new ‘superfodders'. The disease-resistant animal feed crops of high yield have delivered more than $45m in benefits to Australia.

CSIRO Chief Executive Dr Geoff Garrett has congratulated the finalists announced 27 July for the Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science sponsored by CSIRO.

ANSTO carbon dating tests of rare manuscripts dubbed the 'Dead Sea Scrolls of Buddhism' have confirmed the priceless texts are from the first and fifth centuries AD and could be the missing link in Buddhist history.

Applied Biosystems hopes to introduce a brand new technology for DNA sequencing to the global market next year. [ + ]

ANU researchers have uncovered a neat little system to stop DNA replication in its tracks. [ + ]

Could an on-the-fly gene repair process prolong the lives of boys with the devastating X-linked muscular disorder Duchenne muscular dystrophy? [ + ]

Just as the HPV vaccine Gardasil receives FDA approval, an argument has broken out between the researchers involved in the vaccine's development. So who patented what? [ + ]