Extracting ‘bioactives’ from agricultural and food processing streams
20 December, 2006Transforming products from agricultural and food processing streams into health-enhancing ingredients for use in a variety of foods and nutraceuticals is the aim of a $7 million Flagship Collaboration Fund Cluster involving CSIRO’s Food Futures Flagship, Monash University and the University of Melbourne.
New technology makes clinical research more precise
15 December, 2006The Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) and AlgoNomics have joined forces to develop a technology that verifies whether certain proteins induce an immune response in humans.
Research offers hope for alcoholics
12 December, 2006Scientists at Melbourne’s Howard Florey Institute have discovered a system in the brain that stops an alcoholic’s craving for alcohol, as well as preventing relapse once they have recovered from alcohol addiction.
Next stage for research facility at Curtin
11 December, 2006Stage two of the John de Laeter Centre of Mass Spectrometry at Curtin University of Technology has been lauched by Fran Logan, Minister for Energy, Science and Innovation.
Sea snail key to future of pain relief
11 December, 2006Research at The University of Queensland could revolutionise the treatment of pain relief with the help of a sea snail.
Microbe DIY test kit
08 December, 2006 | Supplied by: Melaklean Cleaner Air ProductsThe Melaklean Cleaner Air Products microbial test DIY kit can be used on process water, drinking water, waste water or recycled water, and gives an answer in 24 hours.
Food science goes nuclear
08 December, 2006 by Dr Elliot Paul Gilbert*Food science is going nuclear and The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), is currently commissioning a new world-class research reactor and neutron beam instruments
Sound chemistry
08 December, 2006For most of us, sound chemistry or sonochemistry is about the use of ultrasound in chemistry. The science has been around for about 80 years and now mainly focuses on the effect of ultrasound on reactions
Found – the apple gene for red
08 December, 2006CSIRO researchers have located the gene that controls the colour of apples – a discovery that may lead to bright new apple varieties.
$500 million boost for Australian science infrastructure
04 December, 2006Australian science infrastructure will be upgraded by $500 million in Australian government funding announced by the Minister for Education, Science and Training, Julie Bishop.
UGA researchers use laser, nanotechnology to rapidly detect viruses
24 November, 2006Waiting a day or more to get laboratory results back from the doctor’s office soon could become a thing of a past.
Neanderthal genome sequencing yields surprising results
22 November, 2006Scientists with the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) have sequenced genomic DNA from fossilised Neanderthal bones with surprising results.
US$4.6m biotech product development initiative launched
21 November, 2006Box Hill Institute biotechnology students will get international training opportunities with the signing of an agreement with US-based company PaleoTechnology International.
Australian Alzheimer's study launched
17 November, 2006An Australian study to better understand the devastating and deadly Alzheimer's disease has been launched in Melbourne.
Can't do research without the scientists
13 November, 2006 by Janette WoodhouseThe Science Engineering and Technology Skills Audit, which was released in July 2006, forecasts that Australia's supply in key science, education and technology areas will not be sufficient to meet future demand
