news archive - January 2010

  • Researchers view products on smart phones

    Sigma-Aldrich has launched its mobile device website, designed for access by smart phones and other mobile devices. Researchers can access the site using mobile platforms. The site is optimized for iPhone, iPod Touch and Blackberry.

    27/01/2010 | 0
  • UQ innovation sweetens global deal

    University of Queensland (UQ) research into environmentally and economically sustainable production of sugars and ethanol biofuel has helped Australian-based company CSR Sugar (CSR) sweeten a deal with agricultural research giant, Syngenta.

    22/01/2010 | 0
  • Genetic sequencing gives clues to Tasmanian devil cancer

    The first set of Tasmanian Devils’ genetic sequencing has revealed the origin of the unique transmissible cancer now devastating the devil population. This discovery offers hope that the rapid decline in devil numbers can be arrested.

    21/01/2010 | 0
  • Melbourne malaria researcher wins 2010 Howard Taylor Ricketts Award

    Professor Alan Cowman from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne, has been awarded the 2010 Howard Taylor Ricketts Award by the University of Chicago for his work in malaria.

    19/01/2010 | 0
  • Mouse model developed for peanut allergy

    US researchers have developed a new mouse model for food allergy that mimics symptoms generated during a human allergic reaction to peanuts.

    15/01/2010 | 0
  • Plant provides clues to fight chloroquine resistant malaria

    Researchers have discovered a normal function of a set of proteins related to the malaria parasite protein, which causes resistance to the front-line drug chloroquine. This discovery brings researchers a step closer to developing new antimalarial drugs and provides a new tool to study the malarial chloroquine-resistance factor.

    15/01/2010 | 0
  • Qld researchers discover way to control dengue fever

    Queensland researchers claim to have found a way to control the spread of dengue fever, a mosquito transmitted disease affecting more than 50 million people worldwide each year.

    14/01/2010 | 0
  • ARC's vision to back bionic eye research

    The Australian Research Council (ARC) has granted a second consortium AUD$8 million to work on inventing a bionic eye.

    11/01/2010 | 0
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