Glass manufacturer Pilkington has developed a self-cleaning glass that is undergoing trials in Ireland, Austria and North America.

Australia scooped 4 out of 11 prizes in the Merrill Lynch innovation grants competition for PhDs in science, engineering and the liberal arts. There were entries from 17 countries.

Celebrate science and technology at: Science in the City.

Australia's preparedness to deal with an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) went under the microscope at a joint Australian Veterinary Assocation (AVA) and University of Sydney symposium on FMD in Sydney last week.

Australian biotechnology company, BresaGen Limited, in association with the Immunology Research Centre, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, has made a major breakthrough in cloning technology.

Competitors in the men's and women's marathons at the 2000 Sydney Olympics had an exciting glimpse of the future. The pace vehicle that led them round the 42 km circuit looked like a typical family wagon, but looks were deceptive. Under the bonnet was a stack of fuel cells, not an internal combustion engine. And as the car glided silently forward it emitted no smelly fumes or greenhouse gases – just a little water vapour.

A comprehensive exhibition of scientific products and services opens in Melbourne today at Science 2001, organised by Science Industry Australia.

One of the features of National Science Week each year is the award of the Unsung Hero of South Australian Science. This year's recipient was Associate Professor Gil Hollamby from the Adelaide University's Faculty of Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences.

The Biotechnology Innovation Fund (BIF) is a new Commonwealth Government program, supported by the National Biotechnology Strategy and the innovation statement Backing Australia's Ability, which aims to increase the rate of commercialisation of Australian biotechnology ventures by reducing the cost of demonstrating `proof of concept´ for new biotechnology initiatives.

Australian archaeologists are once again at the forefront of the debate over the origin of modern humans, this time in Asia. The archaeologists have been studying the fossil record in East Asia for clues to whether Homo sapiens arose in Africa and spread throughout the world (the Out of Africa Model) or whether Homo sapiens evolved simultaneously throughout the Old World (the Multi-regional Continuity Model).

The Academy is presenting the symposium 'Cracking the code - using the code: The Human Genome Project and its applications' on Friday 4 May, 9.00 am - 3.50 pm, in the Shine Dome, Canberra.

The Commonwealth and Victorian Governments and the CSIRO have agreed to establish two new centres of excellence in Technical Textiles and Advanced Wool Products in Geelong, Victoria, aimed at stimulating advanced training, education, research and product development in textiles, clothing and footwear (TCF) industries.

CSIRO research has contributed to the development of a cervical cancer detector with the potential to save lives and replace the PAP smear.

Chimps are to be enlisted in the search for genes that cause diseases in humans and that have so far eluded scientists.

CSIRO scientists are researching an important new weapon in the war against heart disease - plant sterols.