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All aboard the remora rollercoaster – camera tags capture wild humpback rides

Australia; International; QLD Griffith University
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It's possible to beam up quantum signals to a satellite

Australia; NSW University of Technology Sydney (UTS),The University of New South Wales Physical Review Research
5 hours ago

The science behind people who never forget a face

Australia; NSW The University of New South Wales Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
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EXPERT REACTION: Covid vaccine linked to smaller risk of heart problems in children than Covid infection

Australia; International; NSW; VIC; QLD British Heart Foundation Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
5 hours ago

Ecological refuges or traps? Mapping a future for Australia’s islands

Australia; QLD The University of Queensland Biological Conservation and Biodiversity and Conservation
6 hours ago

New Australian clinical standards for fracture prevention to address the unacceptable crisis in osteoporosis care

Australia; New Zealand; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA; WA; TAS; ACT SOS Fracture Alliance
6 hours ago

Uncovering the secrets of yellow fever

Australia; International; VIC; QLD The University of Queensland,Monash University Nature Communications
10 hours ago

Aging populations set to fuel the rise of drug-resistant infections

Australia; International; QLD The University of Queensland,London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK PLOS Medicine
16 hours ago

Digital divide narrows but gaps remain for Australians as GenAI use surges

Australia; VIC RMIT University,Swinburne University of Technology,ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society,Telstra
16 hours ago

Australia's public health spending is coming down to pre-pandemic levels

Australia Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)
16 hours ago

Experts call on Government to boost prevention spending to drive productivity gains

Australia; NSW; VIC Deakin University,George Institute for Global Health,Cancer Council Victoria Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health (ANZJPH)
4 November 2025

Adapting to change is the real key to unlocking GenAI’s potential

Australia; International Edith Cowan University International Journal of Information Management
4 November 2025

Video game money-grabbing tactics put vulnerable gamers at risk

Australia; QLD The University of Queensland Addictive Behaviors
4 November 2025

First Australian guidelines published on male infertility

Australia; VIC; QLD Hudson Institute of Medical Research,The University of Melbourne,Griffith University,Monash University Medical Journal of Australia
4 November 2025

Aged care in rural Australia needs to capitalise on digital health tech

Australia; NSW; QLD; SA Flinders University,The University of Queensland,The University of Sydney International Journal of Medical Informatics
4 November 2025

Childhood trauma linked to early death risk among people with chronic disease

Australia; International; NSW The University of New South Wales,Saint Louis University, USA JAMA Pediatrics
4 November 2025

5000 steps a day could slow the progression of Alzheimer's

Australia; International; VIC The University of Melbourne,Mass General Brigham, USA Nature Medicine
3 November 2025

Celebrating the 26th Prime Minister's Prizes for Science

Australia Prime Minister of Australia and Minister for Industry and Innovation and Minister for Science
3 November 2025

Most Aussies with food poisoning incorrectly blame the last thing they ate – food safety myth busting

Australia Food Safety Information Council
3 November 2025

Cooling paint harvests water from thin air

Australia; NSW The University of Sydney Advanced Functional Materials
3 November 2025

How can firefighters stay safe from the impacts of bushfire smoke?

Australia; NSW; VIC; WA University of Wollongong,Edith Cowan University,Natural Hazards Research Australia International Journal of Wildland Fire
1 November 2025

An app can guide uni students through tough times

Australia; NSW; VIC The University of New South Wales,Deakin University,The University of Melbourne,Macquarie University JAMA Network Open
31 October 2025

Australian marsupials contaminated with potentially harmful ‘forever chemicals’

Australia; VIC The University of Melbourne Science of The Total Environment
31 October 2025

Nature therapy integrated in clinical health care could boost mental health

Australia; International; QLD Griffith University Nature Mental Health
31 October 2025

Bright futures: New findings advance solar efficiency

Australia; NSW The University of New South Wales ACS Energy Letters
30 October 2025

Superconducting germanium made with industry-compatible methods

Australia; QLD The University of Queensland Nature Nanotechnology
30 October 2025

Synthetic biology to supercharge photosynthesis in crops

Australia; NSW The University of Sydney,ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology (CoESB) Nature Communications
30 October 2025

Giving waste plastics a second life as high-performance materials

Australia; VIC; SA Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO),The University of Adelaide Nature Communications
30 October 2025

Ancient lichen paved the way for plants and animals to thrive on Earth

Australia; International; ACT The Australian National University Science Advances
30 October 2025

Deciphering the key traits of oats in a new pangenome project

Australia; WA Murdoch University,Western Australian Department of Primary Industry and Regional Development, The Western Crop Genetics Alliance, IPK Leibniz Institute Nature
30 October 2025

The Earth is at its warmest for 125,000 years, but time remains to prevent total catastrophe

Australia; VIC ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather,The Australian National University,The University of Sydney,Oregon State University, Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Associates (TERA), The University of Pennsylvania, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Nanjing Univerisity School of Life, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Future Earth Secretariat, University of Cambridge, Pacific Institute. BioScience
29 October 2025

Higher stroke risk in disadvantaged communities

Australia; TAS University of Tasmania,Menzies Institute for Medical Research Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
29 October 2025

Simple saliva test could revolutionise heart failure detection

Australia; QLD ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology (CoESB),Queensland University of Technology (QUT),Griffith University,National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC),ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology (CoESB),The University of Queensland Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X
29 October 2025

Highlighting key therapies supporting women through high-risk pregnancies 

Australia; WA Edith Cowan University American Journal of Occupational Therapy
29 October 2025

Challenging conventional wisdom on a common cause of melanoma

Australia; International; NSW; QLD The University of Queensland,Garvan Institute of Medical Research British Journal of Dermatology
29 October 2025

Global call to “Help the Kelp”

Australia; NSW The University of New South Wales Biological Conservation

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