Melbourne scientists have completed new research into the way milk is digested, which it is hoped puts us on a path to new milks suitable for premature babies and others with milk intolerances.

23 April 2014

A fast, accurate and inexpensive test that uses infrared light to detect malaria at a very early stage of its development, could dramatically reduce the number of people who die from the disease, which currently stands at 1.2 million per year.

Melbourne researchers studying the role of a ‘molecular chameleon’ protein in Parkinson’s disease are delighted with the results they can get using the Australian Synchrotron. The Synchrotron’s unique information on the behaviour of this molecular chameleon could provide the key to developing more-effective drugs.