Swinburne Uni is supporting two research projects investigating bioplastics: one into the use of ingredients from renewable sources, the other into the properties of biopolymers that determine their ‘compostability’.

Researchers have developed a simple process for producing nanocrystals that will help understand and predict how nanoparticles interact with the world around them.

AUSTRALIAN stem cell scientists, among the world’s pioneers in the development of artificial blood, warn it will be a while yet before donors are no longer needed at the blood bank.

Patients with chronic heart failure given injections of their own bone marrow stem cells have better heart function and live longer

UK Scientists have sequenced the entire wheat genome and will make the DNA data available to crop breeders to help them select key agricultural traits for breeding.

The humble virus could replace graphite and lithium iron phosphate as the material of choice with which to build the next generation of customizable, high-powered, lithium-ion batteries.

New research shows that an array of new and unclassified oil-eating bacteria is feasting on the rich resource of oil leaked into the Gulf of Mexico.

Opinion: A crackdown on firms selling gene tests direct to the consumer would come at a cost.

One for teachers and CSI fans. The fallability of DNA evidence and how you can prove anything with statistics.

Nanoparticles that selectively scatter blue light can promote algae metabolism and growth greater than 30 percent.