Industry News
AI diagnoses prostate cancer as accurately as specialists
AI systems can diagnose prostate cancer biopsies with the same level of accuracy as specialist uropathologists, and better than many general pathologists. [ + ]
'Jekyll and Hyde' bacteria behind respiratory infections
Researchers were able to deactivate a protein critical to the survival of Haemophilus influenzae bacteria, which colonises the respiratory tract from early childhood. [ + ]
Toxic goiter affects the brain more than we thought
Toxic goiter affects the brain more than was previously known, and involves volume changes occurring in central parts of the brain. [ + ]
Vortex fluidic device shows how to mix the unmixable
Using highly advanced rapid processing techniques, researchers have found a way to use clean chemistry to unlock the mystery of 'mixing immiscibles'. [ + ]
Moderna COVID-19 vaccine approved for kids 6–11
The Australian Government has accepted advice to make the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine available for children aged six years and older from 24 February 2022. [ + ]
Microscopy method enables 3D adaptive optical imaging
Real-time, aberration-free, dynamic speckle microscopy has been realised by researchers using a compressed time-reversal matrix. [ + ]
Colgate Connect Challenge awards three innovative startups
The global pitch competition was aimed at startups from around the world focused on developing world-changing products to promote healthy futures. [ + ]
More efficient method for creating sulfur-based medicines
Scientists say their method gives rise to a series of sulfur-based pharmacophores with enough variation to make the drug discovery process more efficient and fruitful. [ + ]
How the brain drives mice to seek social contact
Researchers found that social contact-seeking behaviour in mice is driven by the peptide amylin in the medial preoptic area (MPOA) of the forebrain. [ + ]
National Space Industry Hub launched at Tech Central, Sydney
The Hub is set to support world-class research, innovation, collaboration and commercialisation in the space sector. [ + ]
Moderate exercise post-vaccine may provide an immunity boost
Researchers have found that 90 minutes of mild- to moderate-intensity exercise directly after a flu or COVID-19 vaccine may provide an extra immunity boost. [ + ]
Cell cultures are not as stable as you think: study
Culture environments of different cell types growing in culture vessels or Petri dishes vary significantly from each other and from conditions in the living body. [ + ]
One dose of anti-parasite drug effective at reducing scabies
One dose of ivermectin was not inferior to two doses, taken a week apart, for reducing scabies prevalence in Fiji. [ + ]
Computer vision system analyses cells in microscopy videos
The system allows automatic analysis of biomedical videos captured by microscopy in order to characterise and describe the behaviour of the cells that appear in the images. [ + ]
New route for regulating blood sugar independent of insulin
Scientists have discovered that a hormone known as FGF1, produced in fat tissue, potently and rapidly regulates blood glucose in a similar way to insulin. [ + ]

