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5 hours ago

When did mozzies start getting a taste for us?

Australia; International; QLD James Cook University,Vanderbilt University, USA, University of Manchester, UK Scientific Reports
5 hours ago

Immune blueprint for next-generation malaria vaccines

Australia; Pacific; VIC Burnet Institute,WEHI,Monash University,The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity,The University of Melbourne Immunity
5 hours ago

Breast is best for both mums' and bubs' immune systems

International Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA Trends in Immunology
5 hours ago

Can you trust an at-home test for your gut health?

International National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA Communications Biology
8 hours ago

Mental health ambulance callouts reveal 'unmet health need', researchers say

New Zealand University of Auckland,AUT University,Wellington Free Ambulance, Hato Hone St John New Zealand Medical Journal
8 hours ago

Marae-led programme shows health benefits of e-biking

New Zealand University of Otago,Tū Kotahi Māori Asthma Trust, Wellington New Zealand Medical Journal
8 hours ago

Two-thirds of Canterbury teens have tried vaping

New Zealand University of Canterbury New Zealand Medical Journal
8 hours ago

'Bicycle face', 'telephone tinnitus', and 'railway spine': How anxiety about new tech becomes medicalised

New Zealand University of Auckland New Zealand Medical Journal
9 hours ago

New weight loss pill could be better than current GLP-1 pill for weight loss and blood sugar

International Dallas Diabetes Research Center, USA The Lancet
14 hours ago

Crime scene blood stains can be damning – even after cleaning

Australia; VIC; SA Flinders University,La Trobe University Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences
15 hours ago

New method to remove toxic PFAS chemicals from water

Australia; NSW; SA Flinders University,The University of New South Wales Angewandte Chemie International Edition
18 hours ago

New target developed to improve production of important medical radioisotope

Australia; NSW Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering
18 hours ago

Common forever chemical a threat to bees

Australia; NSW; VIC The University of New England,The University of Melbourne,La Trobe University Environmental Science & Technology
20 hours ago

Aspirin is unlikely to be helpful for lowering bowel cancer risk

International Sichuan University, China Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
20 hours ago

What lies beneath: tapping into Australia’s hidden waters

Australia; NSW The University of New South Wales
20 hours ago

Emerging class of antibiotics to tackle global tuberculosis crisis

Australia; NSW The University of Sydney,Centenary Institute Nature Communications
21 hours ago

Delicate membranes given super strength to transform green energy tech

Australia; International; NSW; VIC; QLD The University of Queensland,The University of New South Wales,The University of Melbourne,UQ School of Chemical Engineering, ARC Centre of Excellence for Green Electrochemical Transformation of Carbon Dioxide (GetCO2), UQ Dow Centre for Sustainable Engineering Innovation Nature Synthesis
21 hours ago

Australians are rethinking inner city living

Australia; SA Adelaide University Regional Studies
21 hours ago

HPV vaccine protection shows no sign of slowing after 18 years

International Karolinska Institutet, Sweden The BMJ
22 hours ago

Why conspiracy theories can be so irresistible

Australia; SA Flinders University Springer Nature
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23 hours ago

EXPERT REACTION: New class of cancer drug targeting the most commonly mutated gene shows early promise

Australia; International; QLD University of Texas, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA New England Journal of Medicine
26 February 2026

Meningococcal B vaccination does not reduce gonorrhoea

Australia; NSW The University of New South Wales,Griffith University CROI
26 February 2026

Tracking the unpredictability of ball movement could better rate a soccer team's performance

Australia; VIC; SA Deakin University,Flinders University PLOS One
26 February 2026

Humpback whales at risk of entanglement in fishing gear during times where cool water is sparse

International NOAA, USA PLOS Climate
26 February 2026

Why does a fetus yawn while still in the womb?

International Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Italy PLOS One
26 February 2026

Social media flagging could limit cancer misinformation spread

International University of North Carolina (USA) PLOS One
26 February 2026

Late bloomers: climate change is messing with tropical plants

International University of Colorado - Boulder, USA PLOS One
26 February 2026

New HIV drug could provide alternative for patients on complex treatments

Australia; International; NSW The University of New South Wales,Queen Mary University of London, UK The Lancet
26 February 2026

Alvarezsauroids - the dinosaurs that love to be tiny

International University of Minnesota, USA Nature
26 February 2026

When is it ok to take someone off their mental health meds?

Australia; International; NSW; VIC The University of Sydney,Deakin University,The University of New South Wales,Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA JAMA Network Open
26 February 2026

Brain scans may reveal three distinct types of ADHD

Australia; International; VIC Monash University,West China Xiamen Hospital of Sichuan University JAMA Psychiatry
26 February 2026

The secret of squeaky sneakers

International Harvard University, USA Nature
26 February 2026

Researchers warn: opioids aren’t effective for many acute pain conditions

Australia; NSW The University of Sydney Drugs
26 February 2026

Electric deterrent device can stop sharks pinching fishers' catch

Australia; NSW; QLD; WA The University of Western Australia,Queensland University of Technology (QUT),Bond University,Government of Western Australia Marine and Freshwater Research
25 February 2026

Blood test discovery could help identify head and neck cancer patients at higher risk of relapse

Australia; NSW Centenary Institute,The University of Sydney,Macquarie University,Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, NSW Health Pathology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital European Journal of Surgical Oncology
25 February 2026

Would you feel comfortable talking to your boss if you had a problem with alcohol or other drugs?

Australia; NSW; SA Flinders University,The University of Newcastle Addiction

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