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'Picket fence effect': First Antarctic-wide map of grounded icebergs
Australia; TAS
Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (AAPP),University of Tasmania,Geoscience Australia
Earth System Science Data
Sea ice creates hidden highways for young Antarctic krill
Australia; International; TAS
Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (AAPP),University of Tasmania
Global Change Biology Communications
Gut health clues could help improve depression care
Australia; VIC; QLD; TAS
QIMR Berghofer,Queensland University of Technology (QUT),University of Tasmania,The University of Queensland,WEHI
Nature Genetics
RINGS around Antarctica: Global science team proposes large-scale surveys of entire Antarctic coast
Australia; VIC; TAS
Monash University,Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS),Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (AAPP)
Reviews of Geophysics
Not tiger, not wolf: Tassie tiger’s skull reveals far different hunting style
Australia; NSW; VIC; SA; TAS
Flinders University,The University of Melbourne
Nature Communications
How the Tassie tiger outfoxed its prey
Australia; QLD; TAS
University of the Sunshine Coast,University of Tasmania,The University of Queensland
BMC Ecology and Evolution
Expert Reaction
EXPERT REACTION: Coral recovery time cut short by warming oceans
Australia; New Zealand; Pacific; International; NSW; QLD; WA; TAS; ACT
The University of New South Wales,Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS),The University of Western Australia,University of Tasmania,James Cook University,The Australian National University,The University of Queensland,CSIRO
Cholesterol-lowering medication reduces heart attack and stroke risk in older people by 30 per cent
Australia; VIC; WA; TAS
Monash University,The University of Melbourne,Curtin University,The University of Western Australia,Menzies Institute for Medical Research,University of Tasmania
New England Journal of Medicine
Feast over fasting: Migrating whales regularly feeding off Australia’s coast
Australia; NSW; VIC; TAS
Griffith University,University of Tasmania
Marine Mammal Science
Expert Reaction
EXPERT REACTION: H5 bird flu detected in Aussie mammal for first time
Australia; VIC; SA; WA; TAS; ACT
Australian Science Media Centre
AFAC Seasonal Bushfire Outlook Spring 2026: Australia’s national picture of fire potential
Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA; WA; TAS; NT
Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience (AFAC)
Why one tree survives drought while another doesn’t
Australia; International; TAS
University of Tasmania,University of Minnesota, Columbia University, Uppsala University
Nature
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
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
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
Portable system cuts PFAS testing time to hours
Australia; TAS
University of Tasmania
Journal of Chromatography A
Antarctic change drives slowdown of global ocean circulation
Australia; TAS
Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (AAPP),University of Tasmania,CSIRO
Geophysical Research Letters
Expert Reaction
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
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
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
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
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
‘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
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
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
Are Australia's short-beaked echidna subspecies real?
TAS
University of Tasmania
Australian Zoologist
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
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
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
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
How tech acting human could help it gain our trust
Australia; International; TAS
University of Tasmania,National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Emotion
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
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
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
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
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
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