The role of food in human exposure to antimicrobial resistant bacteria
18 April, 2008
The European Food Safety Authority BIOHAZ Panel has launched a public consultation and a call for additional scientific data on the extent of how food serves as a vehicle for antimicrobial resistance.
Bikini corals recover from atomic blast
15 April, 2008
Although the corals are flourishing around the atomic blasted Bikini Atoll, some species have not recovered.
Turning off rice genes
11 April, 2008
Researchers have found a new type of molecule - kind of 'micro-switch' - that can turn off genes in rice, which is the primary source of food for more than half the world's population.
New ways to tackle HIV
09 April, 2008
At the Sir Mark Oliphant Conference on Vaccine and Immunotherapy Technologies in Canberra on 9–10 April, Prof Stephen Kent described how the immune system can be primed to attack the HIV virus more strongly.
The science of faster swimsuits
07 April, 2008
All sorts of scientists and research institutions were involved in the development of Speedo's record-toppling swimsuit.
Redox potential calculations and drug discovery
07 April, 2008
Using a supercomputer, reaserchers have sped up redox potential calculations for potential drugs.
Antibiotic resistance proteins identified
04 April, 2008 by Keiran Jones
Scientists have identified two proteins that significantly increase the ability of disease-causing bacteria to resist some classes of antibiotics.
Australia helps to redefine the kilogram
04 April, 2008
Staff from the CSIRO’s Australian Centre for Precision Optics and the National Measurement Institute have played an integral part in redefining the kilogram.
Mathematical model offers smarter way to understand how information travels In cells
01 April, 2008
Centralised database for human protein data
26 March, 2008
Scientists now have access to a centralised knowledge base for international protein data, with the launch of the Human Proteinpedia (www.humanproteinpedia.org) website this month.
Scientists discuss economics and the environment
06 March, 2008 by Kylie Wilson-Field, Journalist
A small audience of the general public listened to two of Australia's most prominent scientists discuss how the economic costs of trying to reach the 2050 carbon reduction targets of 60% would come at a very small cost to the wider community
Pittcon is driving on bio-diesel
06 March, 2008
Many companies release their latest products at Pittcon. This year, as part of the swing away from biotechnology and towards environmental sustainability testing, there is an abundance of bio-diesel and bio-fuel analysers hitting the market.
Qld opens tumour-cell testing facility
06 March, 2008
More effective treatments for brain cancer will be developed at a tumour-cell testing facility opened yesterday at The University of Queensland’s Queensland Brain Institute.
Biotechnology appears to be dead
05 March, 2008 by Janette Woodhouse
Biotechnology seems to have taken a back seat this year at Pittcon, the huge annual laboratory conference and exposition held in the US.