Researchers at the University of Technology in Sydney are taking steps to solve the problem of a parasite that causes abortion in cattle, resulting in Australian dairy and beef industry losses of about $100 million p/yr. [ + ]

A herd of Australian sheep in Wales is being used as a biological factory to create a treatment for overdose victims. [ + ]

Researchers from Southern Cross University will present a paper on the impact and aftermath of Papua New Guinea's volcanic eruptions to the 112th annual meeting of the Geological Society of America. The conference will be attended by some 700 American and international 9-18 November, in Reno, Nevada. [ + ]

Landholders have welcomed the adapting of zinc phosphide to combat rats in agriculture. [ + ]

Demand for the wired and wireless devices that deliver network access is eating up more semiconductors, according to a pair of recent forecasts that predict global chip revenue will breeze past $US 300 billion by 2003. [ + ]

Two parallel high capacity Marconi optical networks are to be installed from north to south across Malaysia as the country commits to dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM) technology to meet its growing internet demands. [ + ]

Sydney-based company, Proteome Systems and Australian biotechnology company Gradipore have announced a collaborative agreement to develop and manufacture two-dimensional gel technologies for the proteomics market. [ + ]

Negative connotations with the word 'manufacturing' in the community need to be abolished. The reality is that companies once involved in 'smoke-stack' manufacturing activities now are evolving into value-adding enterprises offering products and innovative technological solutions for world markets. [ + ]

Chemists at the Australian National University have used computer modeling on a simple chemical reaction to develop a new methodology for scientists around the world. [ + ]

A Joint Statement on Scientific and Technological (S&T) Cooperation, signed by Australia and the USA, is the forerunner to the development of a new S&T agreement between the two countries. [ + ]

Research into combating opportunistic virulent fungal infections in both patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and diabetes has led to the identification of Candida glabrata as the culprit responsible for eight per cent of all hospital-acquired infections. [ + ]

A herd of Australian sheep in Wales is being used as a biological factory to create a new treatment for overdose victims. [ + ]

The horse racing industry has embraced nuclear science, in a bid to keep equine athletes on track. Horses, like human athletes, suffer from a wide variety of stress fractures of the bones. For horses, this damage can have fatal consequences. [ + ]

Researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have invented a cancer drug that starves tumours instead of poisoning them. [ + ]

Clunies Ross National Science & Technology Award 2001 recipients will be publicly honoured at a formal ceremony and dinner to be held at Hotel Sofitel, Melbourne on Wednesday 28 March 2001. [ + ]