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Childhood dementia - insights from the eyes
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
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Perth’s Aboriginal babies show first signs of ear disease at just eight weeks
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
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Children's Word of the Year - 'virus'
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'
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Getting a grip on better health
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
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VR headsets and hypnosis may help distract patients undergoing medical procedures
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
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Men tuning into Insta-spiration
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
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Has quality suffered in the rush to publish COVID-19 research?
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?
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Mental ill-health major contributor to Australian youth suicide
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
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Game changer in thermoelectric materials could unlock body-heat powered personal devices, such as wrist-watches
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
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Nanoscopic barcodes set a new science limit
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)