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Twins help unlock new insights into immune health
Australia; VIC
WEHI,Snow Centre for Immune Health, Twins Research Australia, Snow Medical Research Foundation, The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Key biological pathway in breastmilk that protects babies against respiratory infections discovered
Australia; VIC; QLD
QIMR Berghofer,The University of Queensland,Queensland University of Technology (QUT),Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI),The University of Melbourne,The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity,La Trobe University
Cell
Expert Reaction
EXPERT REACTION: No link found between kids' screen use and emotional, behavioural or social problems later
Australia; International; VIC; QLD; WA
Imperial College London, UK
JAMA Network Open
Eye tracking study shows supermarket junk food grabs kids’ attention
Australia; VIC
Deakin University
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
Combination of extreme heat and bushfire smoke linked to heart disease deaths, especially in Australia
Australia; VIC
Monash University
JACC
Mining a threat to over 12,000 species globally
Australia; International; NSW; VIC; WA
Charles Sturt University,The University of Melbourne,Macquarie University
Cell Reports Sustainability
Ethical frameworks must evolve alongside advancements in legged robots
Australia; VIC
Monash University
Science Robotics
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
Aussies with disabilities are 30% to 40% less likely to be employed, and it's not getting better
Australia; VIC
The University of Melbourne
Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM)
Program drastically reduces scabies in Pacific Islands
Australia; Pacific; VIC
Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Nature Health
Animation acts like ‘telescope’ to show human cell process
Australia; VIC
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
AI tool helps predict bowel cancer relapse risk
Australia; VIC
La Trobe University
Gastroenterology
Vitamin B3 treatment may halt severity of rare genetic disease
Australia; VIC
Murdoch Children's Research Institute,Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB)
Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease
The mental health toll of rising inflation and housing debt in Australia
Australia; VIC
The University of Melbourne
The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific
Measuring more than recovery: new healthcare tool for older Australians
Australia; VIC; SA
Flinders University,The University of Melbourne
BMC Geriatrics
Mental health impacts of extreme weather likely to be worse for people with existing mental illness
Australia; VIC
The University of Melbourne
Nature Mental Health
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
Fat stores power the body’s virus defence
Australia; NSW; VIC
La Trobe University,The University of Sydney,RMIT University,The University of Melbourne
Nature Communications
Exercise may have little to no effect on pain for arthritis sufferers
Australia; NSW; VIC
The University of Sydney,The University of Melbourne
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Recycling isn't a distraction, but it won't stop climate change either
Australia; NSW; VIC
The University of New South Wales
NPJ Climate Action
Expert Reaction
EXPERT REACTION: OpenAI agent hacks startup by itself
Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA; WA; ACT
Australian Science Media Centre
Expert Reaction
EXPERT REACTION: Origin Energy investigates data breach
Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD
Australian Science Media Centre
Early snake was a burrower
Australia; International; VIC; ACT
The Australian National University,Museums Victoria,Princeton University, USA
Nature
Expert Reaction
EXPERT REACTION: AusAlert - Australia's emergency warning system test
Australia; VIC; QLD; SA; WA
Evidence of Gunaikurnai First Nations rituals found in Cloggs Cave
Australia; VIC; ACT
The Australian National University,Monash University,Flinders University,Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation
Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology
New insights into how DNA, the body’s instruction manual for life, is regulated
Australia; NSW; VIC
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre,The University of Melbourne,Monash University,Centenary Institute,The University of Sydney
Nature Genetics
Financial incentives, flexibility and safe living needed to retain remote health care workers
Australia; VIC; NT
Menzies School of Health Research,Monash University,The University of Melbourne
BMC Health Services Research
Push to improve access to early medication abortion in Australia
Australia; VIC; SA
Flinders University,Monash University,La Trobe University,University of British Columbia, Canada
BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health
Aussie supermarkets failing to help us eat a healthier diet
Australia; VIC
Deakin University
International Congress on Obesity (ICO2026)
COVID-19 booster strategies provide lasting immunity
Australia; VIC
Murdoch Children's Research Institute,The University of Melbourne,The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
Journal of Infection
Clearing the way to healing lung diseases
Australia; NSW; VIC
University of Technology Sydney (UTS),Monash University,La Trobe University,The University of Melbourne
Science Advances
Expert Reaction
EXPERT REACTION: Major cyber breach at GP clinic network Partnered Health
Australia; NSW; VIC; SA; WA; ACT
Australian Science Media Centre
Evolution gives marsupials a helping hand
Australia; VIC; SA
The University of Melbourne,Flinders University
Science Advances
Childhood Health Crisis: One in 11 Aussie kids has high blood pressure
Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA; WA
Edith Cowan University,The University of Western Australia,Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI),Deakin University,The University of Melbourne,Flinders University,Telethon Kids Institute,University of Tasmania
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
A blood test could help predict Alzheimer's decline in healthy older people
Australia; International; VIC
The University of Melbourne,Mass General Brigham, UCLA, USA
JAMA
Expert Reaction
EXPERT REACTION: Albanese announces Office of AI
Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA; WA; ACT
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