30 July 2026

High cholesterol linked to 3.6 million deaths globally in 2023

Australia; International; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA; WA; TAS; NT; ACT The University of Sydney,Queensland University of Technology (QUT),Edith Cowan University,Charles Sturt University,Federation University Australia,Deakin University,The University of Newcastle,The University of Queensland,The Australian National University,Australian Catholic University,University of New South Wales, University of Melbourne, Monash University, University of Western Australia, Griffith University, Adelaide University, Flinders University, Western Sydney University, Macquarie University, University of Technology Sydney, the George Institute for Global Health JAMA

24 July 2026

Clinical trial a step forward in easing kidney dialysis shortfall

Australia; New Zealand; NSW; VIC; QLD; TAS The University of Queensland,The University of New South Wales,Western Sydney University,University of Tasmania,University of Otago,Monash University,The University of Sydney,University of Auckland eClinicalMedicine

23 July 2026

The Great Barrier Reef has a microbiome too

Australia; QLD; TAS Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS),The University of Queensland,James Cook University,The University of Melbourne,University of Tasmania Nature

17 July 2026

Portable system cuts PFAS testing time to hours

Australia; TAS University of Tasmania Journal of Chromatography A

15 July 2026

Antarctic change drives slowdown of global ocean circulation

Australia; TAS Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (AAPP),University of Tasmania,CSIRO Geophysical Research Letters

Expert Reaction

10 July 2026

EXPERT REACTION: First case of deadly H5 bird flu in a local Australian seabird detected

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; WA; TAS Australian Science Media Centre

10 July 2026

Modelling reveals Sydney’s 1789 smallpox outbreak killed as many as 220,000 Indigenous Australians

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA; WA; TAS Flinders University,James Cook University,ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH),The University of New South Wales,University of Wollongong,Deakin University,Monash University,The Kids Research Institute Australia,University of Tasmania Nature Human Behaviour

6 July 2026

South Australian algal bloom species the world's most toxic harmful microalga yet recorded

Australia; New Zealand; NSW; QLD; SA; TAS University of Technology Sydney (UTS),Adelaide University,Cawthron Institute,University of Tasmania,The University of Queensland,Flinders University,SARDI (South Australian Research and Development Institute),NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD),Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science,Department of Primary Industries and Regions (PIRSA),Microalgal Services,Seaford Meadows Nature Ecology & Evolution

2 July 2026

Almost half of dementia cases could be prevented – but change is needed

Australia; SA; WA; TAS Curtin University,Adelaide University,University of Tasmania The Lancet Healthy Longevity

1 July 2026

Manage rather than react is best for dealing with the prickly problems of our reefs

Australia; New Zealand; QLD; TAS Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS),University of Tasmania,James Cook University,University of Auckland Marine and Freshwater Research

25 June 2026

‘Rollercoaster’ currents in Southern Ocean mapped by satellite and robot gliders

Australia; International; TAS Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (AAPP),CSIRO,Caltech Communications Earth & Environment

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,The University of New South Wales,University of Tasmania,The University of Queensland,Nature Media Centre

22 June 2026

Aussie Antarctic explorer Bernacchi's records released, alongside hundreds of years of Australia's weather history

Australia; International; TAS The Royal Society Royal Society: Science in the Making

22 June 2026

Are Australia's short-beaked echidna subspecies real?

TAS University of Tasmania Australian Zoologist

16 June 2026

World’s largest genetic study of ‘moliness’ helps unravel mysteries of melanoma

Australia; International; VIC; QLD; WA; TAS QIMR Berghofer,The University of Queensland,Queensland University of Technology (QUT),The University of Western Australia,University of Tasmania Nature Communications

28 May 2026

MIZ-ing in action: How much of Antarctic sea ice is affected by waves?

Australia; International; VIC; SA; TAS Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (AAPP),The University of Melbourne,Adelaide University,University of Tasmania,CSIRO Nature Communications

22 May 2026

World’s burden of mental disorders more than doubled since 1990

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA; WA; TAS; ACT The University of Queensland,The University of New South Wales,The University of Sydney,Edith Cowan University,Murdoch University,Western Sydney University,The University of Newcastle,Curtin University,The University of Melbourne,La Trobe University,Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, University of Washington, Flinders University, Swinburne University, QUT, MCRI, Griffith University, The Kids, University of Tasmania, Macquarie University, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, UTS, CDU, UWA, University of Canberra, ACU, USQ The Lancet

19 May 2026

Antibiotics should not be used for chronic low back pain

Australia; VIC; TAS Monash University,Menzies Institute for Medical Research,University of Tasmania JAMA Network Open

14 May 2026

How tech acting human could help it gain our trust

Australia; International; TAS University of Tasmania,National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Emotion

8 May 2026

Uncovering hidden sex differences in the human immune system

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; TAS Garvan Institute of Medical Research,The University of New South Wales,University of Tasmania,The University of Queensland,The University of Melbourne The American Journal of Human Genetics

6 May 2026

Ancient sediments on Kangaroo Island show climate change drove fire activity in the absence of people

Australia; NSW; SA; TAS Adelaide University,ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH),Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS),University of Tasmania,University of Wollongong Global and Planetary Change

5 May 2026

Giant squid among rare and elusive marine life detected off WA’s coast

Australia; WA; TAS Curtin University,The University of Western Australia,University of Tasmania Environmental DNA

30 April 2026

Fur seals lounging in the sun are probably recovering from a big dive

Australia; NSW; VIC; SA; WA; TAS Deakin University,The University of Queensland,James Cook University Frontiers in Physiology

2 April 2026

Changes in the circulation of deep water in the Southern Ocean come before the Atlantic

Australia; WA; TAS; ACT CSIRO,Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (AAPP),University of Tasmania,National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA),The University of Western Australia Nature Geoscience

2 April 2026

Omics consortium established to supercharge climate-adapted wheat breeding

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA; WA; TAS; ACT Adelaide University,Murdoch University,The University of Melbourne,University of Tasmania,The University of Sydney,The University of Western Australia,The Australian National University,The University of Queensland Nature Genetics

2 April 2026

AI wildfire forecasting tool improves predictions

Australia; New Zealand; NSW; QLD; TAS University of Canterbury,Scion,Western Sydney University,Covey Associates, QLD, Australia, FENZ, Christchurch, NZ International Journal of Wildland Fire

Expert Reaction

1 April 2026

EXPERT REACTION: NASA ready to launch first crewed mission to the moon in 53 years

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA; WA; TAS; ACT Australian Science Media Centre

1 April 2026

Walkable towns help regional Australians exercise 75 minutes more each week

Australia; VIC; TAS University of Tasmania,RMIT University,Deakin University Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

13 March 2026

Regenerative grazing study reveals trade-offs for sheep farmers

Australia; TAS University of Tasmania Nature Food

3 March 2026

The 30 by 30 conservation targets could harm small-scale fishing communities

Australia; Pacific; NSW; QLD; TAS James Cook University,University of Tasmania,The University of New South Wales,The University of the South Pacific,Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS),Ecological Solutions Solomon Islands, Pacific Community, New Caledonia, World Wide Fund for Nature, Solomon Islands, Talanoa Consulting, Solomon Islands, Blue Prosperity, Fiji, The Nature Conservancy, Solomon Islands Cell Reports Sustainability

3 March 2026

Arthritis drug diacerein no help for knee osteoarthritis pain

Australia; NSW; VIC; SA; WA; TAS University of Tasmania,Adelaide University,Monash University,The University of Western Australia,The University of Sydney,Anhui Medical University, China JAMA Internal Medicine

12 February 2026

Politics could threaten future of national parks as ‘big tourism’ interests take over

Australia; QLD; TAS Griffith University npj Biodiversity

7 February 2026

Tasmanian scientist in NASA mission to track ice with space lasers

Australia; International; TAS Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (AAPP),University of Tasmania

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

Overfishing might be the cause of reef-munching starfish outbreaks

Australia; QLD; TAS James Cook University,Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS),University of Tasmania Current Biology

30 January 2026

Shining a light on sustainable new polymers – that can be reused

Australia; VIC; SA; TAS Flinders University,University of Tasmania,Deakin University Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS)