The eighth day of Geekmas… pucker up

  It’s the eighth day of Geekmas and you can win… kissing disease! Well, an adorable kissing disease plush microbe […]

100% synthetic

By Angela Beggs It’s enough to make any fashionista cringe. Even I can tell you that when it comes to […]

No sh*t – a new test for bowel cancer

We have been working on a more effective and reliable blood-based test for bowel cancer.

Suits your sir: Tailor made titanium body parts

In the seventies a TV show called the Six Million Dollar Man introduced the idea of implanting bionic parts to […]

Sticking it to weeds

CSIRO has developed a new biodegradable weed mat which could put a stop to nasty weeds and transform the future […]

Scientists meet on biosecurity disease threats

World-renowned scientists are meeting today at the Emerging Infectious Diseases Symposium (EIDS2012), in Geelong, Victoria, to help improve our ability […]

Mozzie protein alert to invading viruses

CSIRO scientists have discovered how mosquitoes develop viral immunity, potentially leading to improved vaccines, and other control measures, for mosquito-borne […]

What are the future megatrends all Australians need to know about?

By Megan Clark, CSIRO If hindsight is such a wonderful thing, surely foresight would be better. What if we could […]

Making antibodies 101

A little while ago we told you about some of our scientists who are helping to wipe out diarrhoea by […]

Study reveals good news about the GI of rice

Research analysing 235 types of rice from around the world has found its glycemic index (GI) varies from one type […]

So this is what is getting up your nose

Some people think glorifying and appreciating pollen is a little on the nose, but these images show the microscopic particles in a different light.