Nano-transistor breakthrough to offer billion times faster computer

Nano-transistor breakthrough to offer billion times faster computer

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SYDNEY scientists have built the world’s tiniest transistor   SYDNEY scientists have built the world’s tiniest transistor by precisely positioning a single phosphorus atom in a silicon crystal. The nano device is an important step [...]

Breakthrough on 'test tube cubs' may save snow leopard

Breakthrough on ‘test tube cubs’ may save snow leopard

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It is the first time the technique has proved successful in the cat family   AUSTRALIAN scientists have produced embryonic stem-like cells from the tissue of an adult snow leopard for the first time, marking [...]

Breakthrough in diagnosis of autism

Breakthrough in diagnosis of autism

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Children could be diagnosed at birth or early infancy   MELBOURNE researchers have developed a new test to diagnose the genetic disorder Fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited cause of autism. The syndrome, which [...]