Jamelle Agbuis

Unibic, the maker of Australia’s iconic ANZAC biscuits, has been placed in voluntary administration.

Mar 05, 2012

Teens exposed to alcohol use in films are at risk for binge drinking and other risky behaviors, Cancer Center study shows.

Mar 05, 2012

Upon fertilisation, a single cell is formed when egg and sperm fuse.

Mar 05, 2012

Credit card-sized computer was originally intended as a computer science learning tool for kids, but technology hobbyists have also been scooping them up.

Mar 05, 2012

What a rooty-tooty bunch of hooey. IHOP is using the eco-friendly message of The Lorax to lure families in for Dr. Seuss–themed meals that are chock-full of factory-farmed meat, eggs, and dairy products.

Mar 05, 2012

The Lorax, defender of the trees, shilling for a gas-guzzling SUV? Cue the outrage, right? Wrong. The Lorax has always been part of the entertainment-industrial complex, and he remains as green as a spokescreature can be in that context.

Mar 05, 2012

Commodity prices eased last week, despite more concerns about Iran and Israel.

Mar 05, 2012

Economics dominates the week here and offshore, with important data releases in several countries, central bank meetings, the rising price of oil worrying markets and towards the end, the monthly flow of economic data from China.

Mar 05, 2012

A breather for global markets at the end of a week when the Greek bailout edged towards finalisation, European leaders said nice things to each other about the economy and oil prices continued to worry investors.

Mar 05, 2012

A team of Trinity College Dublin researchers has developed a fully automated system that eradicates bacterial contamination in hospital water tanks, distribution systems and taps.

Mar 02, 2012

Neuroscientists show that HDAC2 enzyme could be a good target for new drugs.

Mar 02, 2012

Rare genetic diseases, long overlooked because they affect relatively few people, are getting new attention.

Mar 02, 2012

UCSF-led Study Shows How Interferon Works to Suppress Virus in Patients With HIV, Hepatitis

Mar 02, 2012

The largest ever clinical investigation into whether nicotine patches help pregnant women quit smoking has concluded that standard dose patches do not make a significant difference to the women's chances of giving up during the pregnancy.

Mar 02, 2012

Ospreys will have to do without the services of prop Duncan Jones for the foreseeable future.

Mar 02, 2012

According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), there are 1 billion hungry people in the world, most of who live in poor rural areas. As the world's population is set to hit 7 billion, policy-makers are struggling to find ways to nourish our planet's growing population.

Mar 02, 2012

No-fishing zones implemented to protect the Moreton Bay ecosystem have proven their worth in light of last year's flooding however the coral reefs and seagrass habitats are still at risk.

Mar 02, 2012

Ask most people why they got into Aquaponics and they'll tell you that its about "food security" or eating "healthy food" or to maintain an interest in an "unusual hobby" and these are all valid points but the real answer when you dig a little deeper is that most people are bone lazy when it comes to pottering around in the garden, digging up weeds and all that back breaking work shifting compost and mulching stuff around.

Mar 02, 2012

Forget the rate cut talk ahead of next Tuesday's March Reserve Bank Board meeting, this week's flow of data shows the economy is right where the RBA wants it to be, warm, but not too hot.

Mar 02, 2012

AMP Capital investors Chief Economist, Dr Shane Oliver assesses the return of high oil and petrol prices.

Mar 02, 2012

As expected, Woolworths' interim profit was hit by the $300 million charge to cover the cost of restructuring and selling the Dick Smith chain of consumer electrical stores, but the trading result wasn't too hot either.

Mar 02, 2012

Recently we were talking to someone who wishes to remain anonymous who say they invested more than $250,000 in their commercial aquaponics business and it wasn’t working to plan.

Mar 02, 2012

Lee Westwood told journalists he is happy to go along with the notion of a rivalry with Rory McIlroy if that's what they want to write about.

Mar 01, 2012

Australian Darren Lapthorne jumped from third to first overall in the Tour de Langkawi today, riding superbly on the toughest stage thus far and grabbing hold of the yellow jersey.

Mar 01, 2012

Matthew Wade is looking forward to working alongside Brad Haddin during Australia's tour of the West Indies next month.

Mar 01, 2012

The new BMW 3-Series GT will expand the line-up of the German car maker's volume-selling range, and our spy photographers have snapped confirmation of the higher-riding variant in testing disguise.

Mar 01, 2012

Volkswagen in the UK has for the first time, released photographs of the Golf GTI Cabriolet that will be unveiled next week at the Geneva Motor Show.

Mar 01, 2012

Hearing loss has been linked with a variety of medical, social and cognitive ills, including dementia. However, a new study led by a Johns Hopkins researcher suggests that hearing loss may also be a risk factor for another huge public health problem: falls.

Mar 01, 2012

Despite the rising incidence of cancer in Northern Ireland, the number of people surviving the disease here is increasing significantly year on year.

Mar 01, 2012