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Does the 2025-26 Budget do enough for science?

1 month ago | labonline.com.au | Lauren Davis

The Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes (AAMRI) has described the 2025–26 federal Budget as “very disappointing” for the health and medical research sector.
Ball-shaped debris back on NSW beaches; source still unknown

Jan 23, 2025 | labonline.com.au | Lauren Davis

Three months after mysterious ball-shaped debris first started washing up on NSW beaches, the balls appear to be back with a vengeance. Preliminary analysis of the original debris, which was found on beaches in Sydney’s Eastern suburbs back in October, found it was consistent with the makeup of tar balls — dark, spherical, sticky blobs formed from weathered oil which have been appearing on coastlines around the word for decades.
FDA approves schizophrenia drug with new mechanism of action

Sep 26, 2024 | labonline.com.au | Lauren Davis

In a milestone for schizophrenia treatment, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the drug Cobenfy (xanomeline and trospium chloride) for oral use in adults. The antipsychotic drug targets cholinergic receptors as opposed to dopamine receptors, which has long been the standard of care.
Source of Vic's Legionnaires' disease outbreak found

Aug 5, 2024 | labonline.com.au | Lauren Davis

Victorian health authorities say they have located and disinfected the source of the recent Legionnaires’ disease outbreak that has claimed two lives and hospitalised dozens more. In an alert issued on 29 July, the Victorian Department of Health announced that it had identified an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease with higher-than-expected numbers of cases across multiple locations in metropolitan Melbourne since 26 July.
Women in STEM Ambassador initiative wound up

May 30, 2024 | labonline.com.au | Lauren Davis

The Australian Government has formally recognised the significant contribution of the Women in STEM Ambassador, Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith, to advancing gender equality in STEM as it announces the functions of the Ambassador will be amalgamated into other programs. Today, 31 May, has been confirmed by Harvey-Smith as her last day in the role.
Bird flu update: raw milk risk, experimental vaccine developed

May 28, 2024 | labonline.com.au | Lauren Davis

Australia was rocked by several cases of avian influenza (bird flu) last week — with two Victorian egg farms infected by the H7N3 subtype of the virus, the low pathogenic H9N2 detected in a Western Australian mixed poultry farm and one human case of H5N1 in a returned traveller.
Bird flu found in Victorian egg farm, returned traveller

May 22, 2024 | labonline.com.au | Lauren Davis

Two separate instances of avian influenza (bird flu) were reported in Victoria yesterday — one in a child who returned from overseas earlier this year, and the other in the form of an outbreak on an egg farm. Avian influenza is caused by an influenza type A virus that typically infects birds. Some subtypes are more likely to cause disease and death in poultry; these are known as highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruses.
Review of R&D system a highlight of the 2024-25 Budget

May 14, 2024 | labonline.com.au | Lauren Davis

Australia’s science bodies have been broadly positive about the 2024–25 federal Budget — particularly the announcement of a strategic examination of Australia’s research and development (R&D) system. According to Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic, greater investment in R&D by businesses in Australia is fundamental to maximising the impact of science, research and innovation on our long-term prosperity, security and wellbeing.
Fourth global coral bleaching event confirmed

Apr 16, 2024 | labonline.com.au | Lauren Davis

The world is currently experiencing a global coral bleaching event, according to scientists at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This is the fourth global event on record and the second in the last 10 years. Bleaching is corals’ response to stress; symbiotic microscopic algae living inside the coral’s tissues are expelled, causing the coral to become pale or white.
RMIT Researchers Help Harness AI For Solar Cell Production

Feb 21, 2024 | labonline.com.au | Josh Young

What does it take to optimise solar cells? For a team of researchers led by Dr Nastaran Meftahi, harnessing the power of AI has led to the rapid development of perovskite solar cells, a groundbreaking material that has defied the efforts of researchers for decades. The centrepiece of this research is an innovative new learning model, developed by researchers at RMIT University in conjunction with members of the Centre of Exciton Science.