Men tuning into Insta-spiration

Publicly released: Mon 30 Nov 2020 at 0930 AEDT | 1130 NZDT

Body Image

New research confirms men and teens are affected by Instagram influencers who set global benchmarks for ideal body shape, fashion and even facial trends. While perhaps not as focused on ‘thinness’ as women appear to be from female influencers, Read more about Men tuning into Insta-spiration

Has quality suffered in the rush to publish COVID-19 research?

Publicly released: Mon 30 Nov 2020 at 0001 AEDT | 0201 NZDT

MJA

An Australian analysis of research papers on COVID-19 published in five of the world's leading medical journals has found many differed from papers published in the same journals that were not about COVID-19. The researchers say three times as many Read more about Has quality suffered in the rush to publish COVID-19 research?

Mental ill-health major contributor to Australian youth suicide

Publicly released: Mon 30 Nov 2020 at 0001 AEDT | 0201 NZDT

MJA

The majority of young Australians who died by suicide between 2006 and 2015 had either a diagnosed or a likely mental health disorder, yet more than two-thirds were not in contact with mental health services at the time of their deaths, an analysis Read more about Mental ill-health major contributor to Australian youth suicide

Game changer in thermoelectric materials could unlock body-heat powered personal devices, such as wrist-watches

Publicly released: Sun 29 Nov 2020 at 1334 AEDT | 1534 NZDT

Advanced Energy Materials

An improvement in ultra‐efficient thermoelectric materials, which can convert heat into electricity and vice versa, has great potential for applications ranging from low-maintenance, solid-state refrigeration to compact, zero-carbon power Read more about Game changer in thermoelectric materials could unlock body-heat powered personal devices, such as wrist-watches

Nanoscopic barcodes set a new science limit

Publicly released: Fri 27 Nov 2020 at 2100 AEDT | 2300 NZDT

Nature Communications

Imagine shrinking barcodes a million times, from millimetre to nanometre scale, so that they could be used inside living cells to label, identify and track the building blocks of life or, blended into inks to prevent counterfeiting. This is the Read more about Nanoscopic barcodes set a new science limit

COVID-19 Peer Hub combats vaccine avoidance amid pandemic

Publicly released: Fri 27 Nov 2020 at 1516 AEDT | 1716 NZDT

UniSA researchers are evaluating a new vaccination education initiative – the COVID-19 Peer Hub – to help immunisation and public health professionals to tackle the emerging dangers of vaccine hesitancy amid the pandemic. Read more about COVID-19 Peer Hub combats vaccine avoidance amid pandemic

COVID-19 may hijack our cells' 'good cholesterol' system to spread through the body

Publicly released: Fri 27 Nov 2020 at 1130 AEDT | 1330 NZDT

Nature Metabolism

SARS-CoV-2 may hijack our cells' internal cholesterol processing system to help it spread from cell to cell, according to a Chinese study of cells in a dish. They found the SARS-CoV-2 virus bound to HDL cholesterol (also known as 'good' Read more about COVID-19 may hijack our cells' 'good cholesterol' system to spread through the body

Climate change may mean trees will shed their leaves earlier

Publicly released: Fri 27 Nov 2020 at 0600 AEDT | 0800 NZDT

Science

Trees that lose their leaves in the autumn may be doing so earlier as climate change forces them to store more carbon earlier in the warmer months. Researchers looked at tree data from Europe harking as far back as 1948, and found that warmer Read more about Climate change may mean trees will shed their leaves earlier

Neanderthals were all thumbs

Publicly released: Fri 27 Nov 2020 at 0300 AEDT | 0500 NZDT

Scientific Reports

Our Neanderthal ancestors' thumbs were made for squeezing, rather than precision like our own modern thumbs, say international researchers. The team digitally mapped out the thumb and thumb joints of five Neanderthals and compared them to the Read more about Neanderthals were all thumbs

The case of the missing dark matter: new suspect found in galactic mystery

Publicly released: Fri 27 Nov 2020 at 0100 AEDT | 0300 NZDT

The Astrophysical Journal

A faraway galaxy with almost no dark matter has threatened to break our theory of galaxy formation. New evidence suggests the galaxy isn’t an anomaly – but a victim of theft. Read more about The case of the missing dark matter: new suspect found in galactic mystery