Genes that hop from one part of a living thing's DNA to another are helping to create medication to protect against group B meningitis, a form of the disease for which no vaccine yet exists.

A poison may in the future become the basis of vaccines used to treat or to protect against viral and auto-immune diseases and, eventually, some forms of cancer.

A $1 million Cray supercomputer will boost the research capabilities of Monash University's Engineering faculty.

CSIRO will provide funds for up to 60 post-graduate students around Australia, from 2002, in a program to encourage young science graduates to train for a career in research

Monash researchers hope to develop natural alternatives to existing anti-inflammatory drugs that could aid arthritis sufferers

Dr Greer, a senior research officer in the University of Queensland's Medicine Department at Royal Brisbane Hospital, has received a Foundation Research Excellence Award valued at $70,000.

Based in the School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, University of Queensland, Dr Jennings and his team are analysing the structure and mechanisms of sugar-containing molecules in the bacteria which causes meningococcal meningitis (Neisseria meningitidis), in the hope of finding a viable vaccine target.

The coalition is set to review the policy that applies to external earnings of science agencies.

Queensland researchers are closer to finding a vaccine for a little known disease that affects many unborn babies, after receiving a $100,000 state government grant.

Steve Bracks, Victorian Premier, has just launched Gippsland's Ellinbank Institute, saying it would become Australia's leading dairy research facility following an $11.5 million redevelopment and expansion.

The Grains Research and Development Corporation, which has invested over $16 million into soil and water management over the last two years, will step up its soil science focus through the new Soil Biology Initiative.

A family of drugs being developed by scientists is designed to strip cancerous tumours of their immortality. As cancer develops, the timer controlling a cell's life span goes wrong allowing it to divide and multiply.

A research laboratory just opened in the UK has been designed to help produce forensic science techniques and services for use in the fight against crime.

A team led by Professor Guy Maddern, Adelaide University's Department of Surgery, has presented its preliminary results of trials to the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.

From November 17th, Mexico is making changes to its internal dialing codes.