Who would have thought there could be serious ethical issues with induced pluripotent stem cells – or iPSC.

Inspiring the next generation of scientists is the focus of an innovative education initiative – a science sub school located at the University of Melbourne, with $7million in funding from the Victorian Government.

Shining light through liquids containing iron nanoparticles has made microscopic springs and turbines that might have future uses in drug delivery systems and complex electronics.

Genes that protect arctic bacteria from the cold have been inserted into a bacterial pathogen that, when injected into mice, produce a protective immune response before dying from body’s heat.