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Decade-long national study finds antimicrobial use in Australian hospitals improves with regular monitoring

Australia; VIC; QLD The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity,The Royal Melbourne Hospital,The University of Melbourne,Queensland University of Technology (QUT),The University of Queensland Clinical Microbiology and Infection
2 hours ago

Why taking a sick day depends on more than being sick

Australia; NSW; QLD University of Technology Sydney (UTS),The University of Queensland Applied Economics
3 hours ago

Stopping skin cancer before it starts could cut its healthcare costs

Australia; QLD QIMR Berghofer,Cancer Council Queensland,The University of Queensland,Queensland University of Technology (QUT) ANZJPH
7 hours ago

People with psychosis face abuse, discrimination and early death, despite global reforms

Australia; VIC La Trobe University The Lancet
9 hours ago

European cities short on shade as heat bites

Australia; International; VIC RMIT University
10 hours ago

Melatonin may ease chronic pain

Australia; NSW; WA The University of Sydney,Macquarie University,George Institute for Global Health,Edith Cowan University PAIN
10 hours ago

Most Australian women unaware of medical research bias that has shaped their healthcare for generations

Australia; NSW; VIC George Institute for Global Health,Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health
15 hours ago

Challenging beliefs about ‘safe’ times to be in the sun

Australia; QLD QIMR Berghofer Photochemistry and Photobiology
15 hours ago

Rise like a Phoenix: This native Aussie grass comes back stronger after cultural burning

Australia; NSW; VIC; SA Charles Sturt University Australian Journal of Botany
15 hours ago

Manage rather than react is best for dealing with the prickly problems of our reefs

Australia; New Zealand; QLD; TAS Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS),University of Tasmania,James Cook University,University of Auckland Marine and Freshwater Research
30 June 2026

New way to help clean up environmental pollution

Australia; SA Flinders University,CSIRO Communications Biology
30 June 2026

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
30 June 2026

Chain reaction in cells may be driving low energy in ME/CFS patients

Australia; QLD Griffith University BMC Immunology
30 June 2026

Could sugar substitutes increase diabetes risk?

Australia; SA Adelaide University
30 June 2026

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
29 June 2026

New national framework to drive more tailored care for older Australians

Australia; SA South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI),Flinders University
29 June 2026

New way to ‘listen’ to mini hearts could transform drug development

Australia; NSW The University of New South Wales,Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute (VCCRI),The University of Sydney Nature Sensors
29 June 2026

Lighting the way towards a new treatment for blindness

Australia; SA Adelaide University,South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) Nature Medicine
29 June 2026

Uncovering the trigger behind slow earthquakes

Australia; NSW The University of New England,The University of Sydney Geology
29 June 2026

Newly discovered tiny marsupial found in the NT joins the Planigale genus

Australia; VIC; QLD; WA; NT Queensland University of Technology (QUT),Western Australian Museum,La Trobe University,Queensland Museum Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
29 June 2026

Robotic bird helps uncover the mysteries of flight turbulence

Australia; International; VIC RMIT University,University of Bristol Journal of The Royal Society Interface
29 June 2026

Access to healthcare key for getting First Nations children vaccinated in early childhood

Australia; QLD The University of Queensland Australian Journal of Primary Health
26 June 2026

Green power: How spinach and kale could cut risk of chronic lung disease

Australia; WA Edith Cowan University Science Direct
26 June 2026

Charting palliative care priorities to recognise and support carers

Australia; SA Flinders University Palliative Care and Social Practice
26 June 2026

Evidence identifies ancient Aboriginal mining in the Riverland

Australia; SA Flinders University Archaeology in Oceania
26 June 2026

Asteroid assault made ancient Earth too hot and chaotic for continents to form

Australia; NSW; QLD; WA Curtin University,Queensland University of Technology (QUT),Macquarie University Science
26 June 2026

Global push to recognise threat of toxoplasmosis

Australia; International; VIC; SA Flinders University,The University of Melbourne,University of São Paulo, Brazil PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
26 June 2026

Protein crucial to embryo development acts differently in humans and mice

Australia; VIC Monash University Nature
26 June 2026

Smart gates that open for bettongs could help 'let the right ones in'

Australia; WA Australian Wildlife Conservancy Wildlife Research
25 June 2026

Critical discovery for the global fight against antibiotic resistance

Australia; VIC Monash University The Lancet Microbe
25 June 2026

Using AI to tackle global superbug crisis

Australia; QLD The University of Queensland Journal of Cheminformatics
25 June 2026

‘Rollercoaster’ currents in Southern Ocean mapped by satellite and robot gliders

Australia; International; TAS Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (AAPP),CSIRO,Caltech Communications Earth & Environment
25 June 2026

More can be done to reduce Legionnaires’ disease risk in Australia

Australia; SA Flinders University BMC Public Health
25 June 2026

Controlling cystitis by targeting the source of pain with new therapies

Australia; SA Flinders University Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical
Briefing
25 June 2026

AusSMC x Nature Media Centre BRIEFING: Highly-pathogenic H5 bird flu reaches Australia – ask the experts

Australia; NSW; QLD; TAS Australian Science Media Centre,Nature Media Centre
25 June 2026

Australia’s social media age restrictions show limited early impact

Australia; NSW; VIC; SA The University of Newcastle,Deakin University,South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI),Adelaide University The BMJ

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