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4 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
4 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
9 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
23 hours ago

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

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 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

Uncovering the trigger behind slow earthquakes

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

Ancient subduction zones helped create hotspots of mineral wealth

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD The University of Sydney,The University of Melbourne,Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Nature Communications
25 June 2026

Australia is home to much of the world's seagrass but we are losing it

Australia; International; NSW; QLD The University of New South Wales,James Cook University,The University of Queensland,Arizona State University, USA Nature
Briefing
24 June 2026

NEWS BRIEFING: Most IVF 'add-ons' don't work or lack evidence

Australia; New Zealand; NSW; VIC; QLD The University of Melbourne,The University of Sydney,IVFAustralia,The University of New South Wales,Monash IVF,Bond University,University of Auckland The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, & Women’s Health
Expert Reaction
23 June 2026

EXPERT REACTION: Use of herbicide paraquat approved with restrictions

Australia; NSW; QLD; SA Australian Science Media Centre
23 June 2026

Bringing back the world’s underwater forests starts with communities

Australia; New Zealand; NSW; VIC; SA; WA The University of New South Wales,The University of Western Australia,Flinders University,University of Auckland,Deakin University,Curtin University Journal of Applied Phycology
23 June 2026

Australia’s first study of bi+ people’s sexual health uncovers critical gaps

Australia; NSW; VIC The University of New South Wales,Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney,University of Technology Sydney (UTS),La Trobe University
23 June 2026

How our brains react to surprise

Australia; NSW; QLD The University of Sydney,Queensland Brain Institute,The University of Queensland The Journal of Neuroscience
23 June 2026

Meet Australia’s ballista spider – the tiny predator that builds a spring-loaded trap to catch a single ant species

Australia; NSW Macquarie University,University of Greifswald Current Biology
22 June 2026

E-scooter injuries a growing toll on hospitals

Australia; NSW; VIC The University of New South Wales,Monash University,The University of Sydney,University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Injury
18 June 2026

Allowing the commercialisation of cannabis could contribute to problematic use

Australia; International; NSW; QLD Australian Catholic University,The University of Queensland,The University of Sydney,University of Bath, UK The Lancet Psychiatry
Expert Reaction
17 June 2026

EXPERT REACTION: El Niño declared by BOM

Australia; NSW; VIC; SA; ACT Australian Science Media Centre
16 June 2026

Back from the brink: bettongs return to the desert

Australia; NSW The University of New South Wales
15 June 2026

Can your home beat the heat? Why some bees are more at risk from climate change than others.

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA Macquarie University,The University of Sydney,La Trobe University,Flinders University,University of Wollongong,Adelaide University,The University of Queensland Nature Communications
15 June 2026

Identifying what’s needed to sustain quit smoking support in lung cancer screening programs

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA Flinders University,The University of Queensland,The University of Melbourne,The University of Newcastle,The University of New South Wales Journal of the National Cancer Institute
15 June 2026

A handful of teeth may rewrite the story of marsupial evolution

Australia; NSW The University of New South Wales Journal of Paleontology
12 June 2026

Low-cost mental health tool helps refugees in limbo

Australia; Pacific; NSW; VIC The University of New South Wales,The University of Melbourne JMIR Mental Health
11 June 2026

Aussie shark researcher snapped in one of the best science photos of the year

Australia; International; NSW; WA Springer Nature Nature
9 June 2026

Koala population crash came before humans

Australia; NSW The University of Sydney Molecular Biology and Evolution
9 June 2026

Women in poorer countries tend to hit menopause earlier, which may be harming their hearts

Australia; International; NSW The University of Sydney The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, & Women's Health
9 June 2026

Brain bank data suggests up to 20% of Parkinson's disorders are misdiagnosed

Australia; International; NSW Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health,Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA),The University of New South Wales,The University of Sydney,UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, UK JAMA Neurology
8 June 2026

AI could spy smuggled seahorses in suitcases

Australia; NSW Macquarie University,Australian Government - Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water,NSW Government,Sydney Institute of Marine Science (SIMS),Australian Museum Frontiers in Ocean Sustainability
5 June 2026

3 landmark studies highlight expanded benefits of kidney drug finerenone

Australia; International; NSW George Institute for Global Health The Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, and European Renal Association Congress
5 June 2026

Father of modern solar approaches the next frontier

Australia; NSW The University of New South Wales SNEC PV Power Expo and Conference
4 June 2026

‘Don’t scare the cat!’ Engineers find smarter way to measure quantum systems

Australia; NSW; VIC The University of New South Wales,The University of Melbourne PRX Quantum
4 June 2026

Buoy oh buoy - tracking ocean waves from storms in Antarctica to ripples in Alaska

Australia; NSW; VIC The University of Melbourne,The University of New South Wales Journal of Geographic Research: Oceans
Expert Reaction
4 June 2026

EXPERT REACTION: AI to chew through land and water if power usage doubles by 2030

Australia; International; NSW; VIC UN University Institute for Water, Environment and Health

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