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EXPERT REACTION: Suspected H5N1 bird-flu case in Australia

Australia; VIC; QLD Australian Science Media Centre
18 June 2026

Antarctica is giving us a warning of sea level rise decades in advance - now is our time to act

Australia; International; VIC Monash University Nature
17 June 2026

How your sleep habits team with your genes to determine Alzheimer’s risk

Australia; VIC; QLD; WA Edith Cowan University,CSIRO,Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health,The University of Melbourne,Murdoch University,Curtin University Alzheimer's & Dementia
Expert Reaction
17 June 2026

EXPERT REACTION: El Niño declared by BOM

Australia; NSW; VIC; SA; ACT Australian Science Media Centre
17 June 2026

Digital tool to help identify cancer patients at risk of serious immunotherapy side effect

Australia; VIC Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre,The University of Melbourne ASCO
17 June 2026

Ultrasound unlocks protein from cauliflower waste

Australia; VIC RMIT University Food and Bioprocess Technology
Expert Reaction
16 June 2026

EXPERT REACTION: UK Government announces a ban on social media for under-16s

Australia; International; VIC Australian Science Media Centre
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
15 June 2026

Can your home beat the heat? Why some bees are more at risk from climate change than others.

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA Macquarie University,The University of Sydney,La Trobe University,Flinders University,University of Wollongong,Adelaide University,The University of Queensland Nature Communications
15 June 2026

Identifying what’s needed to sustain quit smoking support in lung cancer screening programs

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA Flinders University,The University of Queensland,The University of Melbourne,The University of Newcastle,The University of New South Wales Journal of the National Cancer Institute
12 June 2026

Copper drug restores memory and clears toxic Alzheimer’s proteins in mice

Australia; VIC Monash University,The University of Melbourne,Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health ACS Chemical Neuroscience
12 June 2026

New cardiac rehab model could save South Australia up to $10 million a year

Australia; VIC; SA; WA; ACT Flinders University,Adelaide University,South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI),The Kids Research Institute Australia,Monash University,The Australian National University Heart, Lung and Circulation
12 June 2026

Low-cost mental health tool helps refugees in limbo

Australia; Pacific; NSW; VIC The University of New South Wales,The University of Melbourne JMIR Mental Health
Briefing
12 June 2026

NEWS BRIEFING: Young Aussies’ social media use linked to poorer mental health

Australia; VIC Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI),Deakin University,The University of Melbourne Medical Journal of Australia
10 June 2026

Excess weight in childhood could increase the risk of early puberty

Australia; International; VIC Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI),The University of Melbourne,Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, China, Peking University, China, Tianjin University, China JAMA Network Open
9 June 2026

A simple fix for a growing ocean threat: cost-effective way to protect marine ecosystems from invasive species

Australia; Pacific; VIC; WA Edith Cowan University,Deakin University iScience
9 June 2026

Uncovering hidden defects linked to coeliac disease risk

Australia; VIC WEHI,The Royal Melbourne Hospital,The University of Melbourne Immunology & Cell Biology
9 June 2026

Egg allergy rates declining in Australia

Australia; VIC; QLD The University of Queensland,Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI),The University of Melbourne,Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health JAMA Pediatrics
8 June 2026

Extreme heat and bushfire smoke combined push up risk of kids being hospitalised

Australia; International; VIC Monash University Nature Health
5 June 2026

Blood signature found to predict lung cancer risk years before diagnosis

Australia; International; VIC Francis Crick Institute, UK, University College London, UK, WEHI Cell
5 June 2026

JWST measures mass of a dormant black hole from the early universe for the first time

Australia; VIC Swinburne University of Technology Science
4 June 2026

‘Don’t scare the cat!’ Engineers find smarter way to measure quantum systems

Australia; NSW; VIC The University of New South Wales,The University of Melbourne PRX Quantum
4 June 2026

Buoy oh buoy - tracking ocean waves from storms in Antarctica to ripples in Alaska

Australia; NSW; VIC The University of Melbourne,The University of New South Wales Journal of Geographic Research: Oceans
Expert Reaction
4 June 2026

EXPERT REACTION: AI to chew through land and water if power usage doubles by 2030

Australia; International; NSW; VIC UN University Institute for Water, Environment and Health
3 June 2026

Our blood could help doctors predict eye problems in people with diabetes

Australia; International; VIC Monash University,Sun Yat-sen University, China PLOS Medicine
1 June 2026

Expectation vs reality: real-world lymphoma patients often excluded from trials shaping their treatment

Australia; VIC; QLD Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute,La Trobe University,The University of Queensland,Monash University British Journal of Haematology
31 May 2026

Cancer cases set to overwhelm global health systems in the coming decades

Australia; VIC La Trobe University,Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute,The University of Melbourne The Lancet Oncology
30 May 2026

New test to diagnose concussion in older people

Australia; VIC Monash University,Alfred Health JAMA Network Open
29 May 2026

Limited evidence to suggest food labels reduce sugar intake among low-income groups

Australia; NSW; VIC The University of Sydney,The University of Melbourne,Deakin University Obesity Reviews
29 May 2026

Australia’s grant system is eroding peer review

Australia; VIC; QLD Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre,The University of Melbourne,The University of Queensland Science
Expert Reaction
28 May 2026

EXPERT REACTION: Federal government to sue 3M over PFAS in firefighting foam

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD Australian Science Media Centre
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
27 May 2026

Fish exposed to antidepressants behave differently

Australia; VIC; WA Monash University,The University of Western Australia Biology Letters
27 May 2026

Probiotics may help prevent childcare gastro lurgies

Australia; VIC; QLD Federation University Australia,Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre,University of Southern Queensland Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
27 May 2026

Accelerating recovery for children with concussion

Australia; International; VIC Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) British Journal of Sports Medicine
27 May 2026

Scientists find the Universe has multiple ways of manufacturing black holes

Australia; International; VIC Monash University,ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGRav)

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