RESEARCHERS have developed a rapid screening tool to detect and monitor mosquito-borne viruses, eliminating the need for lengthy and laborious virus detection methods.

LOCAL researchers and Canadian scientists have collaborated to investigate the possibility of a link between shift work and breast cancer.

CURTIN University Associate Professor Tony Butler’s unique approach to social and health research may one day help stop criminal behaviour.

URANIUM mining could present WA communities with a variety of health defects, from leukemia to congenital defects, according to a health expert at a recent forum.

SCIENTIFIC answers to WA’s road crashes and death tolls will be sought with the recent launch of the state’s first independent road safety research and advisory centre.

IF you’re feeling depressed about the environment, Professor Glenn Albrecht from Murdoch University says climate change could be a factor as it stresses not only the planet, but also its inhabitants.

ROGER Harris describes his work as “nurturing a passion for nature” and counts the late Steve Irwin amongst his heroes.

The flashing blue lights, glamorous forensic scientists and gruesome crimes depicted on television shows such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation might seem a world away, so it could come as a surprise to many that we have our very own “CSI” right here in Perth.