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A new viral treatment for acne has been developed

Viruses that live on the skin naturally quash acne-causing bacteria.

Meet a flavour creator

Willy Wonka novelty lab or just a little disturbing?

A radiographer’s view of animals

Armour-covered floating beauty

‘Ehux’ is a micro-organism vital to marine food chains — it is also visually mesmerising.

Fighting tuberculosis with soil bacterium

A natural compound found in soil kills antibiotic-resistant Mycobacterium  tuberculosis.

Australian wasp becomes arachnophobe’s hero

The notorious redback spider has a predator of its own.

Can Australia’s shores cope with a super trawler?

What do history and science tell us about the impacts of trawling.

Electric infrastructure installed in Perth

Australia’s first electric car recharge network has been built in Perth.

A single gene controls movement in vertebrates

Scientists have found that one gene is responsible for variability in locomotion in horses and mice.

Nanoparticles restore blood flow after brain injury

  Carbon nanoparticles quench potent free radicals and stabilise cerebral blood flow.

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