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Genomics used to find endangered fish populations most vulnerable to climate change
Australia; NT; ACT
Flinders University,Adelaide University,University of Canberra,CLLMM Research Centre, Goyder for Water Research, SA; Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory; field sampling and lab work; and traditional owners of the land this studyencompassed, particularly the Ngarrindjeri people of the Lower Murray, Lower Lakes and Coorong region.
Journal of Heredity
Scorching summers and heatwaves linked to poorer mental health in children
Australia; International; SA; ACT
Flinders University,University of Canberra,Adelaide University,The University of Western Australia
International Journal of Epidemiology
Butterflies worldwide are on the move as the climate warms
Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; WA; ACT
Monash University,The University of Western Australia,The University of Queensland,CSIRO,The Australian National University,Griffith University,The University of New South Wales
Nature Ecology & Evolution
Indigenous-led conservation helps save endangered cockatoo
Australia; International; ACT
The Australian National University,Universitas Gadjah Mada, Perkumpulan Konservasi Kakatua Indonesia
Journal of Ethnobiology
High cholesterol linked to 3.6 million deaths globally in 2023
Australia; International; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA; WA; TAS; NT; ACT
The University of Sydney,Queensland University of Technology (QUT),Edith Cowan University,Charles Sturt University,Federation University Australia,Deakin University,The University of Newcastle,The University of Queensland,The Australian National University,Australian Catholic University,University of New South Wales, University of Melbourne, Monash University, University of Western Australia, Griffith University, Adelaide University, Flinders University, Western Sydney University, Macquarie University, University of Technology Sydney, the George Institute for Global Health
JAMA
Expert Reaction
EXPERT REACTION: OpenAI agent hacks startup by itself
Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA; WA; ACT
Australian Science Media Centre
Quantum Newton’s cradle set to level up computing
Australia; ACT
The Australian National University
Physical Review A
Early snake was a burrower
Australia; International; VIC; ACT
The Australian National University,Museums Victoria,Princeton University, USA
Nature
Evidence of Gunaikurnai First Nations rituals found in Cloggs Cave
Australia; VIC; ACT
The Australian National University,Monash University,Flinders University,Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation
Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology
Daily smoking rates have fallen over the past 20 years
Australia; ACT
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW),The Australian National University
Expert Reaction
EXPERT REACTION: Major cyber breach at GP clinic network Partnered Health
Australia; NSW; VIC; SA; WA; ACT
Australian Science Media Centre
Expert Reaction
EXPERT REACTION: Albanese announces Office of AI
Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA; WA; ACT
Acoustic superheroes: how seals mastered hearing on land and at sea
Australia; New Zealand; VIC; ACT
Monash University,Museums Victoria,The Australian National University
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Not the greatest glider: first study puts Australia’s biggest glider to the test
Australia; ACT
The Australian National University
Australian Mammalogy
Expert Reaction
Lab-grown meat, gene editing and extreme fire: Researchers' predictions for life in the 2100s
Australia; NSW; VIC; WA; ACT
Macquarie University,The Australian National University,The University of Melbourne,The University of New South Wales,CSIRO,The University of New England,Deakin University,Murdoch University
Australian Journal of Botany
Young Australians are not disengaged, they're doing democracy differently
Australia; ACT
Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS)
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EXPERT REACTION: Major Telstra outage hits phones, public transport, traffic lights, and card payments
Australia; VIC; QLD; SA; WA; ACT
Australian Science Media Centre
Ancient rocks reveal how water shaped Earth 3.1 billion years ago
Australia; VIC; SA; ACT
Adelaide University,Monash University,The Australian National University
Nature Communications
Four steps that can save and protect urban forests and green spaces
Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; ACT
Western Sydney University,The University of Melbourne,Macquarie University,The Australian National University,Charles Sturt University,The University of Sydney,Queensland University of Technology (QUT),Bangor University, UK
PLOS Climate
Great Barrier Reef’s survival over 30,000 years of upheaval revealed
Australia; NSW; QLD; ACT
The University of Sydney,The Australian National University
Marine Geology
Humans trained to spot AI faces in the battle against deepfake fraud
Australia; NSW; WA; ACT
The Australian National University,The University of New South Wales,The University of Western Australia,University of Victoria, University of Aberdeen, King's College
PNAS
Astronomers measure the gravitational waves caused by two black holes colliding
Australia; International; ACT
The Australian National University,Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Canada
Nature
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EXPERT REACTION: El Niño declared by BOM
Australia; NSW; VIC; SA; ACT
Australian Science Media Centre
Radionuclides trapped in a deep-sea sample point to an ancient cosmic event
Australia; ACT
The Australian National University,Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO),Accelerator Mass Spectrometry and Isotope Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, 3Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics, TUD Dresden University of Technology, Institute of Resource Ecology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Nature Astronomy
New cardiac rehab model could save South Australia up to $10 million a year
Australia; VIC; SA; WA; ACT
Flinders University,Adelaide University,South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI),The Kids Research Institute Australia,Monash University,The Australian National University
Heart, Lung and Circulation
From speed to stability: how ageing changes the way we walk
Australia; SA; ACT
Flinders University,University of Canberra
Gait & Posture
World’s burden of mental disorders more than doubled since 1990
Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA; WA; TAS; ACT
The University of Queensland,The University of New South Wales,The University of Sydney,Edith Cowan University,Murdoch University,Western Sydney University,The University of Newcastle,Curtin University,The University of Melbourne,La Trobe University,Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, University of Washington, Flinders University, Swinburne University, QUT, MCRI, Griffith University, The Kids, University of Tasmania, Macquarie University, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, UTS, CDU, UWA, University of Canberra, ACU, USQ
The Lancet
Shining new light on cell-to-cell communication
Australia; ACT
The Australian National University,Garvan Institute of Medical Research,The University of New South Wales
Nature Communications
Most Australian ‘wild dogs’ are predominantly dingoes
Australia; SA; WA; ACT
Adelaide University,The Australian National University,The Kids Research Institute Australia
Conservation Letters
Stardust trapped in Antarctic ice reveals tens of thousands of years of Solar System’s past
Australia; International; ACT
The Australian National University,The Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR)
Physical Review Letters
How black hole mergers are helping scientists calibrate the Universe’s most sensitive instruments
Australia; International; NSW; VIC; SA; WA; ACT
ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGRav),The Australian National University,Monash University,The University of Melbourne,The University of Western Australia,Adelaide University,Swinburne University of Technology,Charles Sturt University
Physical Review Letters
Study finds hoiho split into three subspecies
Australia; New Zealand; NSW; ACT
University of Otago,Genomics Aotearoa,Department of Conservation,University of Auckland,The Australian National University,The University of Sydney,Otago Peninsula Ecosystem Restoration Alliance - NZ, Hoiho Technical Group - NZ, Royal Albatross Centre - NZ, Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust - NZ, Otago Polytech - NZ
Nature
A good egg: How Aussie skinks can survive challenging hatching conditions
Australia; NSW; SA; ACT
The Australian National University,Flinders University,University of Wollongong
Proceedings of the Royal Society B
Expert Reaction
EXPERT REACTION: Poliovirus detected in WA wastewater
Australia; NSW; SA; WA; ACT
Australian Science Media Centre
When it comes to new foods, wild cockatoos parrot their bird buds
Australia; NSW; ACT
The Australian National University,The University of Sydney
PLOS Biology
Alcohol causes more cancers in Australia than previously thought
Australia; NSW; ACT
The University of Sydney,The Australian National University
British Journal of Cancer
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