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10 hours ago

Life-saving frozen blood platelets proved safe to use

Australia; VIC; QLD The University of Queensland,Australian Red Cross,Monash University,The University of Melbourne,Australian Red Cross JAMA; JAMA Network Open
14 hours ago

LZ experiment sets new record in galactic dark matter hunt and gets a new look at sun’s core neutrinos

Australia; VIC ARC Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics,The University of Melbourne
14 hours ago

Patch offers hope to save frog populations

Australia; VIC La Trobe University Frontiers in Conservation Science
24 hours ago

Cutting-edge 3D AI technology transforming dental care for children

Australia; VIC Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
8 December 2025

New genetic risk for severe macular degeneration revealed

Australia; VIC WEHI,Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA),The University of Melbourne Nature Communications
Expert Reaction
8 December 2025

EXPERT REACTION: Bushfires burning across NSW and Tasmania

Australia; NSW; VIC; SA; TAS Australian Science Media Centre
8 December 2025

5G home internet challenges NBN, but mass shift still a way off

Australia; VIC RMIT University
Expert Reaction
5 December 2025

EXPERT REACTION: Social media ban for under-16s is about to come into effect 

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

Cairns Airport study sets new standard for Indigenous-led research on country

Australia; VIC; QLD; WA RMIT University,Deakin University,University of Southern Queensland,Edith Cowan University Ocean & Coastal Management
3 December 2025

Mandatory strength warm-ups for female athletes backed

Australia; VIC La Trobe University,University of Calgary British Journal of Sports Medicine
3 December 2025

First Nations Australians twice as likely to be digitally excluded

Australia; VIC RMIT University,Swinburne University of Technology,ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society
Expert Reaction
2 December 2025

EXPERT REACTION: National AI plan shifts away from 'mandatory guardrails'

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA Australian Science Media Centre,Australian Government - Dept of Industry, Science and Resources
28 November 2025

The body’s molecular mail revealed

International; VIC Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute,La Trobe University,The University of Melbourne Nature Cell Biology
27 November 2025

Songbird experts put superb fairy-wren danger call on the record

Australia; International; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA Flinders University,Charles Sturt University,University of Vienna Royal Society Open Science
27 November 2025

Predicting a rare but life-altering complication of common cancer treatment

Australia; NSW; VIC The Westmead Institute for Medical Research,WEHI Journal of Clinical Investigation
Expert Reaction
27 November 2025

EXPERT REACTION: Hong Kong high-rise fire claims many lives

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD Australian Science Media Centre
Expert Reaction
27 November 2025

EXPERT REACTION: New Environmental Laws to pass Senate

Australia; VIC
27 November 2025

A greener future for Earth through space exploration research

Australia; International; VIC; SA; WA ARC Centre of Excellence in Plants for Space, University of Adelaide, University of Melbourne, University of Western Australia, NASA, USA, MELiSSA Foundation, France New Phytologist
Expert Reaction
26 November 2025

EXPERT REACTION: H5 bird flu confirmed on remote Australian territory

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA Australian Science Media Centre
Expert Reaction
26 November 2025

EXPERT REACTION: TGA to remove vitamin B6 products from shelves

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA
26 November 2025

Kids’ reading apps failing to deliver educational value

Australia; New Zealand; VIC; SA Flinders University,University of Canterbury,La Trobe University Early Childhood Education Journal
26 November 2025

The DEVILS in the details: how the cosmic landscape impacts the galaxy lifecycle

Australia; NSW; VIC; WA International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR),Macquarie University,Monash University,The University of Sydney Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
25 November 2025

Rare mineral by-products offer sustainable boost to concrete innovation

Australia; VIC; SA Flinders University,The University of Melbourne Materials and Structures
24 November 2025

How brain tumours respond to low-nutrient environments

Australia; VIC Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre,The University of Melbourne PLOS Biology
24 November 2025

Older Australians living in private rentals disproportionately exposed to housing precarity

Australia; VIC Swinburne University of Technology
20 November 2025

Two thirds of women gain too much or too little weight in pregnancy

Australia; VIC Monash University The BMJ
20 November 2025

Only 2/3 of people actually use the apps they activate to manage depression and anxiety

Australia; VIC Deakin University JAMA Psychiatry
20 November 2025

Uncovering a new way to target aggressive blood cancer

Australia; VIC; SA Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre,The University of Melbourne,Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health,Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI),Monash University,WEHI,University of South Australia Cell
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Expert Reaction
19 November 2025

NEWS BRIEFING: Ultra-processed foods are taking over our diets

Australia; International; NSW; VIC The University of Sydney,Deakin University,The University of Melbourne,University of Sao Paulo, Brazil The Lancet
19 November 2025

Opportunities to improve support for cancer survivors across Western Pacific

Australia; Pacific; NSW; VIC; SA Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre,Flinders University,The University of Melbourne,The University of New South Wales The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific
18 November 2025

57% of Australians willing to pay more for sustainable clothing

Australia; VIC Swinburne University of Technology,CSIRO,La Trobe University Journal of Cleaner Production
18 November 2025

Not all screen time is created equal

Australia; VIC Deakin University JAMA Pediatrics
18 November 2025

Deadly, record-breaking heatwaves locked in for 1,000 years, even under net zero pathways

Australia; VIC; ACT ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather,The Australian National University,Monash University,The University of Melbourne,CSIRO,ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes (CLEx) Environmental Research Climate
17 November 2025

Online parent help program leads to less anxious, happier children

Australia; VIC; QLD; SA The University of Adelaide,The University of Queensland,Monash University Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
14 November 2025

Immune system dysfunction may explain why chronic illness and depression often go hand in hand

Australia; VIC The University of Melbourne,La Trobe University Nature Mental Health

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