Alzheimer's detection in a simple blood test
25 April, 2019Swedish scientists have shown how a blood test can reveal whether there is accelerating nerve cell damage in the brain.
Twins study reveals how the human body changes in space
23 April, 2019Results from NASA's landmark Twins Study, which studied one twin in spaceflight and one on the ground, have finally been published.
SmartSat CRC, Boeing agreement to boost Aus space industry
17 April, 2019The Australian Government has announced $55m for a new CRC and the Australian Space Agency has signed a Statement of Strategic Intent with aerospace company Boeing.
Budget 2019–20 — lacking 'clever country' ambition
03 April, 2019How will the Morrison Government's pre-election 2019 Federal Budget impact science and research?
Antarctic mission to measure nature's air purifier
02 April, 2019 by Lauren DavisScientists spent the summer in a temporary lab set up on a remote Antarctic ice sheet, investigating a natural 'atmospheric detergent' that cleans the air of greenhouse gases.
Breath tests developed for gut disorders, gastric cancer
29 March, 2019The humble breath test can now do a lot more than detect if you've had too much to drink, with scientists all over the world developing breath tests for gut-based diseases.
Physicists reverse time with a quantum computer
18 March, 2019Russian physicists have found a way to wind back the clock, returning the state of a quantum computer a fraction of a second into the past.
Diabetes detection with a smartphone camera
14 March, 2019A popular smartphone application, designed to measure heart rate using the phone's built-in camera, may help detect diabetes.
Could subterranean microbes be found on Mars?
05 March, 2019A robotic rover deployed in the most Mars-like environment on Earth, Chile's Atacama Desert, has recovered subsurface soil samples during a trial mission to find signs of life.
'Origami' diagnostic device for remote malaria detection
28 February, 2019Researchers have revealed how origami-style folded paper, prepared with a printer and a hotplate, has detected malaria with 98% sensitivity in infected participants in Uganda.
40% of insect species threatened with extinction
20 February, 2019 by Lauren DavisA catastrophic threat exists to 40% of species over the next 100 years, with butterflies, moths, dragonflies, bees, ants and dung beetles most at risk.
Metabolic reprogramming in cancer
20 February, 2019 by Mansi GandhiMetabolomics, a study of small molecules — or metabolites — within organisms, cells and tissues, is an important and rapidly growing branch of 'omics'.
'Cellular barcoding' pinpoints cells responsible for spread of cancer
18 February, 2019Researchers have used a technique called cellular barcoding to tag, track and pinpoint cells responsible for the spread of breast cancer from the main tumour into the blood and other organs.
Hydrogen loss hints at the impending death of a galaxy
12 February, 2019 by Lauren DavisUsing CSIRO's ASKAP radio telescope, researchers have witnessed what they claim is the beginning of the end for one of the Milky Way's neighbouring galaxies.
3D map of the Milky Way reveals its true shape
06 February, 2019Astronomers have revealed that the Milky Way's disc of stars becomes increasingly 'warped' and twisted the further away the stars are from the galaxy's centre.
