Measuring tunneling time – physicists solve great mystery of the quantum world

Publicly released: Tue 19 Mar 2019 at 0300 AEDT | 0500 NZDT

Nature

An international research team led by Griffith University physicists has solved one of the great mysteries that has plagued scientists since the advent of quantum physics – measuring the time it takes for a particle to tunnel through a barrier. In Read more about Measuring tunneling time – physicists solve great mystery of the quantum world - Scimex

Temperate fruit flies evolving insecticide resistance faster than tropical cousins

Publicly released: Tue 19 Mar 2019 at 0300 AEDT | 0500 NZDT

Nature Ecology & Evolution

Australian scientists say that fruit flies living in temperate regions are better than their tropical cousins at evolving resistance to Imidacloprid - the world's most used insecticide. The team looked at specific genes that are related to Read more about Temperate fruit flies evolving insecticide resistance faster than tropical cousins - Scimex

Of mice and elephants: shedding new insights into physiological evolution

Publicly released: Tue 19 Mar 2019 at 0300 AEDT | 0500 NZDT

Nature Ecology & Evolution

It is a question that scientists have been trying to resolve for centuries, but might it be due to evolutionary chance? Why is it that a 4000kg elephant needs significantly less food than 4000kgs of mice? You might think that based on the mass of Read more about Of mice and elephants: shedding new insights into physiological evolution - Scimex

Coffee could help prostate cancer - but don't start downing the espressos just yet

Publicly released: Mon 18 Mar 2019 at 1500 AEDT | 1700 NZDT

European Association of Urology congress/The Prostate

A pilot study has found compounds in coffee which may inhibit the growth of prostate cancer, according to Japanese research. But the compound, trialled on drug-resistant cancer cells and in a mouse model, has not yet been tested in humans. Read more about Coffee could help prostate cancer - but don't start downing the espressos just yet - Scimex

EXPERT REACTION: Christchurch mosque attacks

Publicly released: Mon 18 Mar 2019 at 1300 AEDT | 1500 NZDT

New Zealand police have confirmed at least 50 fatalities from shootings at two mosques in central Christchurch. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the 28-year-old Australian man charged planned to continue his attack and had two other Read more about EXPERT REACTION: Christchurch mosque attacks - Scimex

Popping painkillers while pregnant probably won't prompt asthma

Publicly released: Mon 18 Mar 2019 at 1101 AEDT | 1301 NZDT

European Respiratory Journal

European researchers have overturned their own work and said that paracetamol and other painkillers taken during pregnancy do not increase the risk of asthma in children. The team decided that the previously reported increased risk for paracetamol Read more about Popping painkillers while pregnant probably won't prompt asthma - Scimex

Hepatitis B virus sheds light on ancient human population movements into Australia

Publicly released: Mon 18 Mar 2019 at 1000 AEDT | 1200 NZDT

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Australian researchers have used current hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome sequences to deduce ancient human population movements into Australia, adding weight to the theory that the mainland Aboriginal population separated from other early humans at Read more about Hepatitis B virus sheds light on ancient human population movements into Australia - Scimex

Antibiotic 'envelope' could reduce pacemaker infections

Publicly released: Mon 18 Mar 2019 at 0245 AEDT | 0445 NZDT

New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)

A new antibiotic 'envelope' which is placed around pacemakers before they are implanted into patients may reduce the chances of infection following surgery, say international researchers. They implanted 3, 429 patients with pacemakers protected by Read more about Antibiotic 'envelope' could reduce pacemaker infections - Scimex

Australia doesn't record national abortion data, masking teen births

Publicly released: Mon 18 Mar 2019 at 0001 AEDT | 0201 NZDT

MJA

The number of babies born to teenage mothers in Australia is at an all-time low, but a lack of national abortion data muddies the reasons why and impedes the further development of meaningful sex education in schools, reproductive health care Read more about Australia doesn't record national abortion data, masking teen births - Scimex

World's oldest semen still viable

Publicly released: Sun 17 Mar 2019 at 0900 AEDT | 1100 NZDT

Ram semen stored at the University of Sydney for 50 years has been used to successfully impregnate 34 ewes, with fertility rates as high as recently stored semen. Funder: Australian Wool Innovation and the Walker Family. Media Release. From:The Read more about World's oldest semen still viable - Scimex