Possible link between bacterium and colon cancer
21 October, 2011
Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Broad Institute have found strikingly high levels of a bacterium in colorectal cancers, a sign that it might contribute to the disease and potentially be a key to diagnosing, preventing and treating it.
Evidence for first production of oxygen on Earth
21 October, 2011
A new study is believed to have resolved a major debate about when oxygen began to be produced on Earth and how long it took before oxygen levels were enough to support the growth of life.
Cycad is not a ‘dinosaur plant’
21 October, 2011
The widely held belief that cycads are ‘dinosaur plants’ and were around during dinosaur times has been categorically debunked in a breakthrough study of international significance.
Hypertension may be misdiagnosed
20 October, 2011
70,000 Australians may have undetected high blood pressure because of sphygmomanometer errors, according to new study.
New way to screen for brain cancer discovered
18 October, 2011
Researchers have developed a new way to screen for brain cancer stem cell killers.
Researchers reconstruct genome of the 'Black Death'
18 October, 2011
An international research team based in Germany has sequenced the entire genome of the 'Black Death'.
Patent improves speed of DNA analysis
18 October, 2011
A US researcher has patented a process that reduces the time it takes to perform DNA analysis from hours to minutes.
Physicists turn liquid into solid using an electric field
17 October, 2011
Physicists have predicted that under the influence of sufficiently high electric fields, liquid droplets of certain materials will undergo solidification.
Microdots spot on for wasp study
17 October, 2011
New research by scientists at The Australian National University will see wasps being tracked in the same way as stolen cars using specialist microdot technology.
Discovery of insulin switches in pancreas could lead to new diabetes drugs
30 September, 2011
Scientists have discovered how a hormone turns on a series of molecular switches inside the pancreas that increases production of insulin.
Researchers sequence complete genome of cynomolgus monkey
27 September, 2011
A team of researchers from Roche reported in Genome Research that they have generated the first draft genome sequence of the cynomolgus monkey (Macaca fascicularis).
New telescope for Mt Stromlo centenary
27 September, 2011
The Oddie II telescope has been unveiled at Mt Stromlo Observatory.
Researchers identify signals triggering dendrite growth
23 September, 2011
A study in worms that are less than a millimetre long has yielded clues that may be important for understanding how nerves grow.
First gravity wave detector step closer to development
14 September, 2011
Physicists have made a breakthrough in the development of the world’s first gravity wave detector.
Mice DNA making a difference to human genome studies
09 September, 2011
Mice DNA may be the key to sequence hundreds of human genomes a year.
