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22 December 2025

Compulsive behaviours may stem from too much (misguided) self-control 

Australia; NSW University of Technology Sydney (UTS),The University of Sydney,The University of Newcastle,The University of New South Wales Neuropsychopharmacology
Expert Reaction
19 December 2025

EXPERT REACTION: Queensland Government continues its pause on puberty blockers

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD Australian Science Media Centre
19 December 2025

When solar radiation grounds our planes

Australia; NSW Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)
19 December 2025

Australian team discovers why quantum computers have memory problems over time

Australia; NSW Macquarie University Quantum
Briefing
19 December 2025

NEWS BRIEFING: Dengue outbreak warning tool tackles growing threat to Australia

Australia; Pacific; NSW; QLD Southern Cross University,The University of Queensland,Yale School of Public Health Nature Communications
18 December 2025

Clues to Alzheimer’s disease may be hiding in our ‘junk’ DNA

Australia; NSW The University of New South Wales Nature Neuroscience
18 December 2025

Our current food system is bad for us and the planet

Australia; International; NSW Garvan Institute of Medical Research,The University of New South Wales,University of Oxford, UK Frontiers in Science
18 December 2025

Residents in hot, humid regions more likely to have kidney failure

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; WA; NT The University of Queensland,The University of Melbourne,The University of New South Wales BMC Medicine
18 December 2025

Move over carbon, we may need a global hydrogen budget too

Australia; International; NSW; VIC; ACT CSIRO,Western Sydney University,University of Technology Sydney (UTS),Stanford University, USA Nature
17 December 2025

Rebuilding coral reefs could enhance food security

Australia; International; NSW; QLD James Cook University,The University of Sydney,The University of Queensland,University of Technology Sydney (UTS),King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia PNAS
17 December 2025

Blood flow restriction cuffs a fall risk for older adults

NSW; VIC; WA Murdoch University,The University of Newcastle,The University of Notre Dame Australia,The University of Sydney,Monash University Gait & Posture
17 December 2025

Cane toads are not consistent cannibals

Australia; NSW Macquarie University,The University of New South Wales Royal Society Open Science
17 December 2025

AI in primary care: experts warn of safety risks as tech outpaces regulation

Australia; International; NSW The University of Sydney,The University of New South Wales The Lancet Primary Care
17 December 2025

Differences in the underlying biology of people with chronic fatigue syndrome

Australia; NSW Macquarie University,The University of New South Wales,The University of Sydney,Hunter Medical Research Institute Cell Reports Medicine
17 December 2025

Step up, alcohol industry: Four years on, pregnancy warnings still missing

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA George Institute for Global Health,The University of New South Wales,The University of Melbourne,Cancer Council Western Australia Health Promotion International
16 December 2025

Harnessing the positive health benefits of microbes

Australia; New Zealand; NSW; SA Flinders University,The University of New South Wales,The University of Adelaide,University of South Australia Microbial Biotechnology
16 December 2025

Research shows informed traders never let a good climate crisis go to waste

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD University of Technology Sydney (UTS),RMIT University,Macquarie University,The University of Queensland Energy Economics
16 December 2025

Osteoporosis medicines might offer help for chronic pain after injury or surgery

Australia; NSW The University of New South Wales,Garvan Institute of Medical Research Annals of Internal Medicine
16 December 2025

Helping young adults rethink uncertainty reduces anxiety and depression: study

Australia; NSW The University of New South Wales Psychological Medicine
15 December 2025

How glioblastoma tumours dodge chemotherapy: animal study

Australia; NSW The University of Sydney Nature Communications
Expert Reaction
15 December 2025

EXPERT REACTION: Shooting at Bondi beach declared terrorist attack

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA; ACT Australian Science Media Centre
15 December 2025

Waterbirds return this year, but amid long-term decline: aerial survey

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA The University of New South Wales
13 December 2025

Breast cancer screening based on your personal risk is as good as annual screening

Australia; NSW; VIC University of California, USA, The University of Sydney, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, The University of Melbourne JAMA
12 December 2025

Parenthood vs longevity: lives of zoo animals reveal inner workings of ageing

Australia; New Zealand; International; NSW University of Otago,The University of New South Wales Nature
12 December 2025

Listening to Kamilaroi Women: Report findings highlight risk of losing art of cooking with native grasses

Australia; NSW; QLD Griffith University
12 December 2025

Is alcohol too cheap in NSW?

Australia; NSW; VIC; TAS; NT National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC),Menzies School of Health Research,National Drug Research Institute (NDRI),La Trobe University,University of Tasmania Drug and Alcohol Review
12 December 2025

How to build a genome: Scientists publish troubleshooting manual for synthetic life

Australia; NSW Macquarie University Nature Biotechnology
11 December 2025

Gut health of Indigenous infants offers potential blueprint to help close the gap

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA; WA WEHI,The University of Melbourne,The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity,The University of Adelaide,The University of New South Wales,The University of Sydney,The Kids Research Institute Australia,The University of Western Australia,The University of Queensland,Monash University,Deakin University Nature Medicine
11 December 2025

Shared genetic patterns found across common psychiatric conditions

Australia; New Zealand; International; NSW; VIC; QLD; WA University of Otago,The University of Sydney,QIMR Berghofer,Queensland University of Technology (QUT),Monash University,The University of Melbourne,Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA),The University of New South Wales,Curtin University,The University of Queensland,University of Western Australia, University of Wollongong, Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute Nature
10 December 2025

US fossil reveals ancient microbial attack

Australia; International; NSW; SA Flinders University,The University of New England Biology Letters
10 December 2025

Bat signal could predict flying fox food shortages up to nine months early

Australia; NSW; QLD The University of Sydney,Griffith University,Oakridge National Laboratory Biosciences Division, USA, Mississippi State University, USA Biology Letters
10 December 2025

Climate extremes triggered rare coral disease and mass mortality on the Great Barrier Reef

Australia; NSW The University of Sydney,James Cook University Proceedings of the Royal Society B
10 December 2025

More than 1 billion women and children across the world are exposed to violence

Australia; New Zealand; International; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA; WA; ACT George Institute for Global Health,The University of New South Wales,The University of Sydney,University of Technology Sydney (UTS),The Australian National University,The University of Queensland,Western Sydney University,Curtin University,Charles Sturt University,The University of Newcastle,James Cook University, La Trobe University, Queensland University of Technology, University of Adelaide, Monash University, Macquarie University, Flinders University, Griffith University,University of Washington, USA The Lancet
9 December 2025

Slow turning could be an indicator for Parkinson's Disease

Australia; NSW; WA Murdoch University,University Hospital of Kiel Annals of Neurology
8 December 2025

Severe drought linked to the decline of the hobbits 61,000 years ago

Australia; NSW University of Wollongong,Maynooth University Communications Earth & Environment
8 December 2025

Potentially life-threatening medicine interactions combated with new database

Australia; NSW Western Sydney University

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