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4 December 2025

Where rubber meets the road: Old tyres are key to building tougher roads

Australia; VIC; QLD; NT Charles Darwin University,Victoria University,The University of Queensland Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering
19 November 2025

Moo-ving the boundaries: New research evaluates virtual fences for use on NT cattle stations

Australia; QLD; NT Charles Darwin University
12 November 2025

Where water is scarce, ponds aren't safe for female cane toads

Australia; NSW; NT Macquarie University,Charles Darwin University Royal Society Open Science
12 November 2025

Tough little kangaroo sets the scene for success

Australia; SA; NT Flinders University Royal Society Open Science
11 November 2025

Cotton trash to treasure: Project using waste to grow new mushroom industry

Australia; NT Charles Darwin University
24 October 2025

Global body adopts policy to protect Earth’s old, wise and large animals

Australia; NT Charles Darwin University
20 October 2025

Revising greenhouse gas emissions for tropical inland waters

Australia; NT Charles Darwin University,Southern Cross University Nature Water
8 October 2025

Little-known strep bacteria behind growing number of severe infections

Australia; NSW; VIC; NT The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity,Menzies School of Health Research,University of Technology Sydney (UTS),Monash University,Royal Darwin Hospital, Blacktown Hospital, Westmead Hospital, Northern Territory Department of Health The Lancet Microbe
Expert Reaction
19 September 2025

EXPERT REACTION: Three people dead after Optus network failure

Australia; QLD; SA; WA; NT Australian Science Media Centre
17 September 2025

How do they sleep while their beds are burning? Sleepy lizards wake to flee from fire

Australia; NSW; NT Macquarie University,Charles Darwin University,Charles Sturt University Biology Letters
9 September 2025

New test flight facility lets drone operators test tech in extreme conditions

Australia; NT Charles Darwin University
Expert Reaction
1 September 2025

EXPERT REACTION: Santos gas export hub leaking methane for nearly 20 years

Australia; NSW; VIC; WA; NT Australian Science Media Centre
27 August 2025

How little brains solve big problems in termite colonies

Australia; International; NT Charles Darwin University Current Opinion in Insect Science
27 August 2025

Albino canetoads help explain why wild albino animals are rare

Australia; NSW; NT Macquarie University,Charles Darwin University Proceedings of the Royal Society B
26 August 2025

Planting seeds for the future

Australia; NT Charles Darwin University
13 August 2025

Culturally-sensitive collaboration could help NT agencies support vulnerable young people

Australia; NSW; NT Menzies School of Health Research,Charles Darwin University,The University of New South Wales Australian Journal of Social Issues
7 August 2025

Co-designed school-based recommendations to support First Nations youth living with type 2 diabetes

Australia; VIC; QLD; WA; NT; ACT Menzies School of Health Research,Charles Darwin University,The Australian National University,Telethon Kids Institute,Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
4 August 2025

Findings show NT’s vital water source is drying – and it can be seen from space

Australia; QLD; NT Griffith University Ecological Informatics
18 July 2025

‘AI is not intelligent at all’: Why our dignity is at risk

Australia; NT Charles Darwin University,The University of Melbourne Australian Journal of Human Rights
14 July 2025

Revealing the hepatitis B risks for First Nations people in the Northern Territory

Australia; VIC; NT Menzies School of Health Research,Charles Darwin University,The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity BMC Infectious Diseases
11 July 2025

Using First Nations calendars for solar power forecasting

Australia; NT Charles Darwin University IEEE Open Journal of the Computer Society
7 July 2025

Indigenous people on dialysis are far less likely to go on the list for a transplant

Australia; SA; NT South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI),The University of Adelaide,Flinders University,Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry, National Indigenous Kidney Transplantation Taskforce Medical Journal of Australia
11 June 2025

Bones to pick: New Aussie animal database comes to life with modern 3D tech

Australia; International; NSW; QLD; SA; NT; ACT Flinders University,University of Wollongong,The Australian National University,Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, South Australian Museum, Australian National Wildlife Collection, CABAH, University of Queensland, Griffith University, James Cook University. Bioscience
6 June 2025

UN-backed global research movement shows benefits of tracking ocean giants for marine conservation

Australia; International; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA; WA; TAS; NT; ACT The Australian National University,The University of Western Australia,James Cook University,The University of Adelaide,Charles Darwin University,Curtin University,Monash University,Flinders University,The University of New South Wales,Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS),University of Tasmania, University of the Sunshine Coast, Macquarie University, Murdoch University, University of Queensland, CSIRO, Griffith University Science
28 May 2025

Roadblock for traffic injury compensation for Aboriginal people

Australia; NSW; QLD; SA; NT Flinders University,George Institute for Global Health,The University of New South Wales,Western Sydney University,The University of Adelaide,James Cook University Journal of Transport & Health
27 May 2025

10% of kids in the NT have allegedly committed an offence before age 14

Australia; VIC; NT; ACT Menzies School of Health Research,Charles Darwin University,Australian Catholic University,The University of Melbourne Australian Journal of Social Issues
20 May 2025

Friend or foe: Why homebuilders have a lot to learn from termites

Australia; NT Charles Darwin University
14 April 2025

Supporting culturally safe palliative care for First Nations patients

Australia; NT Menzies School of Health Research
27 March 2025

“But officer, I wasn’t driving!”: The problem with self-driving cars and traffic laws

Australia; NSW; QLD; NT Charles Darwin University,Queensland University of Technology (QUT),The University of Newcastle Computer Law & Security Review
21 March 2025

NT's minimum alcohol unit price didn't affect retailers’ revenue

Australia; VIC; WA; NT Curtin University,Burnet Institute,Deakin University,Monash University Drug & Alcohol Review
17 March 2025

Extreme heat is killing Australians, with heart disease impacts set to more than double by 2050

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA; WA; TAS; NT; ACT The University of Adelaide,The University of Sydney,Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW),Monash University European Heart Journal
13 March 2025

Birds of a feather: Unexpected relationships take flight in the face of climate change

Australia; NT Charles Darwin University
12 March 2025

Crikey! Crocs in the Top End are eating 9 times the amount they did 50 years ago

Australia; VIC; QLD; NT Charles Darwin University,Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS),Monash University,Griffith University Proceedings of the Royal Society B
26 February 2025

Hot in the city tonight: Scientists help Darwinites beat the heat

Australia; NT CSIRO
24 February 2025

How to treat flesh-eating Buruli ulcers

Australia; VIC; NT The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity,Menzies School of Health Research,The University of Melbourne,Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Monash Children’s Hospital Medical Journal of Australia
18 February 2025

Australia's LGBT+ community more than doubled between 2012 and 2020

Australia; VIC; NT Charles Darwin University,The University of Melbourne Population Studies

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