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3 hours ago

A little protein with a big role in building Earth’s carbon fixing machinery

Australia; International; NSW; ACT The University of Newcastle,Australian Research Council (ARC),The Australian National University,Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (Germany),ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology Nature Plants
9 hours ago

The writing is on the wall — Are kids ditching pens for keyboards?

Australia; NSW; WA; ACT Edith Cowan University,Murdoch University,University of Canberra,The University of Newcastle Reading and Writing An Interdisciplinary Journal
12 hours ago

Men resort to buying underground testosterone to bridge access gap

Australia; NSW; QLD Griffith University,The University of Queensland,RMIT University,National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC),The University of New South Wales Journal of Drug Issues
14 hours ago

New mums still falling through the cracks – and paying with their hearts

Australia; NSW George Institute for Global Health The Lancet
21 hours ago

LGBTIQA+ women use drugs more than straight counterparts

Australia; NSW; VIC Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney,The University of New South Wales,La Trobe University,National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC),The University of Sydney,NSW Government Drug and Alcohol Review
9 February 2026

Tree planting can combat urban heat, but some neighbourhoods are falling behind

Australia; NSW The University of Sydney Cities
9 February 2026

Scientists use sunlight and liquid metal to produce clean hydrogen from water

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD The University of Sydney,Queensland University of Technology (QUT),RMIT University Nature Communications
9 February 2026

‘Systemic failure’: Global reviews show extent of injecting drug use and infectious diseases in prisons but low treatment access

Australia; International; NSW The University of New South Wales,National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) International Journal of Drug Policy
9 February 2026

The number of Aussie animals getting tangled in man-made materials is rising

Australia; NSW NSW Government Pacific Conservation Biology
9 February 2026

Warning on hidden climate change disease threat

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD The University of New England,James Cook University,The University of Melbourne Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
Briefing
6 February 2026

NEWS BRIEFING: Side effects of statins may be overstated 

Australia; NSW The University of Sydney,Australian Science Media Centre,University of Oxford, UK The Lancet
6 February 2026

Tiny ‘mini-me’ organs grown from children’s cells transforming cystic fibrosis care

Australia; NSW; VIC; ACT The University of New South Wales,The Australian National University,The University of Melbourne Thorax
5 February 2026

Youth among targets of gambling addiction intervention drive

Australia; International; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA; NT; ACT Flinders University Journal of Behavioral Addictions
5 February 2026

Expanding access to testing and treatment for hepatitis B

Australia; NSW; VIC Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney,The University of New South Wales,The University of Sydney,The University of Melbourne,Monash University,Burnet Institute Journal of Clinical Microbiology
5 February 2026

The life expectancy of people with intellectual disability is 16 years shorter than the average

Australia; NSW The University of New South Wales BMJ Open
4 February 2026

Sugar molecules point to a new weapon against drug-resistant bacteria

Australia; NSW; VIC The University of Sydney,WEHI,The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity Nature Chemical Biology
4 February 2026

Silky skills: Australian spider rewrites the rules of web design

Australia; NSW Macquarie University PNAS
4 February 2026

Global push to close critical gaps in women’s heart attack care

Australia; NSW Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute (VCCRI) Circulation
4 February 2026

RNA molecule discovery could lead to potential new breast cancer therapy

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; WA QIMR Berghofer,Queensland University of Technology (QUT),The University of Queensland,Mater Research,WEHI,Garvan Institute of Medical Research,The University of New South Wales,Murdoch University Molecular Cancer
3 February 2026

‘Masculinity crisis’: Social media influencers promoting testosterone treatments to young men

Australia; NSW The University of Sydney,University of Wollongong Social Science & Medicine
3 February 2026

How a tiny cellular signal helps shape the human heart

Australia; NSW; SA Adelaide University,Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute (VCCRI),The University of New South Wales,South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI),The University of Sydney Nature Communications
3 February 2026

Rising hospitalisations and deaths from GHB across the country ‘a cause for alarm’

Australia; NSW; QLD; WA; TAS The University of New South Wales,National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC),University of Tasmania,Curtin University,The University of Queensland Addiction
3 February 2026

Australian trial of personalised vaccines to treat children with deadly brain cancers

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA; WA The University of Queensland
3 February 2026

Passerine birds' hidden survival tactic revealed

Australia; NSW Western Sydney University Current Biology
2 February 2026

New treatment approach boosts survival in young leukaemia patients

Australia; NSW; VIC; SA; WA South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI),The University of Sydney,NSW Government,The University of Western Australia,Adelaide University,Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre,Monash University,The University of New South Wales HemaSphere
2 February 2026

This student made cosmic dust in her lab. What she found could help us understand how life started on Earth

Australia; NSW The University of Sydney The Astrophysical Journal
31 January 2026

Opening the ‘window to the brain’ with powerful cancer tech

Australia; NSW; QLD Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN),The University of Queensland,The University of Newcastle,QIMR Berghofer,Queensland University of Technology (QUT),Mark Hughes Foundation Centre for Brain Cancer Research Science Advances
30 January 2026

Mapping the toxins in seafood that can cause food poisoning

Australia; New Zealand; Pacific; NSW Cawthron Institute,NSW Government,University of Technology Sydney (UTS),Institut Louis Malardé, French Polynesia, Kōrero O Te `Ōrau, Cook Islands, Mauke, Cook Islands PLOS One
30 January 2026

Solving the mystery of why termite kings and queens are monogamous

Australia; NSW The University of Sydney Science
30 January 2026

Taking daily aspirin does not reduce long-term cancer risk for older adults

Australia; NSW; VIC; SA; TAS Monash University,WEHI,Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre,The University of Melbourne,University of Tasmania,Adelaide University JAMA Oncology
29 January 2026

Mapping the climate-related evolution of modern kangaroos and wallabies

Australia; NSW; QLD; SA Queensland University of Technology (QUT),Adelaide University,Macquarie University,Flinders University Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
29 January 2026

AIs fail 'Humanity’s Last Exam' on the cutting edge of human knowledge

Australia; International; NSW; VIC; WA; ACT The University of Western Australia,Swinburne University of Technology,The University of Sydney,University of Technology Sydney (UTS),The Australian National University,Monash University,La Trobe University,RMIT University,Murdoch University,The University of Melbourne,Center for AI Safety, USA Nature
29 January 2026

Genetics could help identify people at higher risk of hard to treat depression

Australia; NSW; QLD QIMR Berghofer,The University of Queensland,Queensland University of Technology (QUT),The University of Sydney,University of Oxford, UK JAMA Psychiatry
29 January 2026

Childhood trauma linked to high risk of self-harm in teens

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD The University of New South Wales,Griffith University,Monash University Journal of Adolescent Health
28 January 2026

New focal prostate cancer treatment shows promise in first trial

Australia; NSW; QLD; WA The University of Sydney,The University of Western Australia,The University of Queensland,Nepean Hospital, NSW BJU International
28 January 2026

A tiny fish is helping clinicians avoid unnecessary multi-million-dollar treatment for babies suspected of having spinal muscular atrophy

Australia; NSW; QLD Griffith University,The University of New South Wales EMBO Molecular Medicine

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