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EXPERT Q&A: Answering your questions about COVID-19 variants

With reports of new COVID-19 strains emerging in the UK, South Africa, and Brazil, an Australian expert a...

Mantis males must wrestle if they don't want to lose their heads

The praying mantis has a reputation for cannibalism because females often eat males before they get a cha...

Bee gone? A quarter of bee species haven’t been seen in 30 years

While reports and records of animal species have increased dramatically over the last few decades, the nu...

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  1. Childhood dementia - insights from the eyes

    Publicly released: Mon 30 Nov 2020 at 1230 AEDT | 1430 NZDT

    Acta Neuropathologica Communications

    Is the eye a window to the brain in Sanfilippo syndrome, an untreatable form of childhood-onset dementia, Australian researchers ask in a new publication. The findings of the NHMRC-funded project, just published in international journal Acta Read more about Childhood dementia - insights from the eyes

    Australia; SAFlinders University|South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI)
  2. Perth’s Aboriginal babies show first signs of ear disease at just eight weeks

    Publicly released: Mon 30 Nov 2020 at 1130 AEDT | 1330 NZDT

    Deafness and Educational International

    Telethon Kids Institute researchers have found close to 40 per cent of Aboriginal babies begin to develop middle ear infections between two and four months of age in a first of its kind study in metropolitan Perth. By six – eight months this Read more about Perth’s Aboriginal babies show first signs of ear disease at just eight weeks

    Australia; WATelethon Kids Institute
  3. Children's Word of the Year - 'virus'

    Publicly released: Mon 30 Nov 2020 at 1130 AEDT | 1330 NZDT

    Three million Australian schoolchildren’s most-used words in a writing exercise give valuable insights into the minds of school-aged children during the COVID-19 pandemic. After a disrupted school year of remote learning and virtual classrooms Read more about Children's Word of the Year - 'virus'

    Australia; SAFlinders University
  4. Getting a grip on better health

    Publicly released: Mon 30 Nov 2020 at 1100 AEDT | 1300 NZDT

    Nature and Science of Sleep

    Men with muscles like a young Arnold Schwarzenegger or a top weightlifter look powerful but a handshake will give away whether they’re a healthy specimen – or at risk of a chronic disease or premature ageing, experts say. Medical researchers in Read more about Getting a grip on better health

    Australia; SAFlinders University|South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI)...
  5. VR headsets and hypnosis may help distract patients undergoing medical procedures

    Publicly released: Mon 30 Nov 2020 at 1001 AEDT | 1201 NZDT

    Euroanaesthesia congress

    Virtual reality headsets or medical hypnosis may help with pain and anxiety in patients undergoing short but painful medical procedures, according to Belgian scientists. They split 104 patients undergoing procedures into three groups. All received Read more about VR headsets and hypnosis may help distract patients undergoing medical procedures

    InternationalVrije University Brussels, Belgium
  6. 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

    Australia; SAFlinders University
  7. 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?

    Australia; QLD; ACTThe University of Queensland|Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
  8. 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

    Australia; VIC; WAOrygen|Telethon Kids Institute|The University of Melbourne
  9. 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

    Australia; NSWARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies (FLEET)...
  10. 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

    Australia; NSWUniversity of Technology Sydney (UTS)

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