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19 June 2026

This perfectly preserved pterosaur wing just rewrote the fossil rulebook

Australia; WA Curtin University iScience
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
17 June 2026

Developing a process which could transform titanium production

Australia; WA Murdoch University
16 June 2026

Your body's secret sugar code could predict disease years before it strikes

Australia; WA Edith Cowan University Nature Chemical Biology
16 June 2026

World-first catch: new shark species

Australia; Pacific; WA University of the Sunshine Coast,Western Australian Museum Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation
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
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

Cows v Plants: Which milk delivers the best health benefits?

Australia; WA Edith Cowan University Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition
11 June 2026

Aussie shark researcher snapped in one of the best science photos of the year

Australia; International; NSW; WA Springer Nature Nature
10 June 2026

New combined spore trapping and DNA sequencing technology tracks fungicide resistance in grain crops

Australia; WA Curtin University
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
5 June 2026

Most of us don't think about how climate change will affect our health

Australia; WA Government of Western Australia,The University of Western Australia Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
4 June 2026

Detailing the epic transportation of Stonehenge stone across ancient Britain

Australia; WA Curtin University Journal of Quaternary Science
2 June 2026

Current lung cancer screening criteria may be underestimating asbestos-related risks

Australia; WA Curtin University Occupational and Environmental Medicine
28 May 2026

What's Australia's fire risk for this winter?

Australia; NSW; WA Australian and New Zealand Council for fire and emergency services (AFAC)
28 May 2026

Study finds soils can naturally suppress major crop diseases

Australia; International; WA Curtin University Applied Soil Ecology
27 May 2026

Noongar culture and arts grow wellbeing literacy in early childhood education

Australia; WA Edith Cowan University
27 May 2026

Fish exposed to antidepressants behave differently

Australia; VIC; WA Monash University,The University of Western Australia Biology Letters
Expert Reaction
25 May 2026

EXPERT REACTION: Gold medals, grey areas: Enhanced Games underway

Australia; VIC; WA Australian Science Media Centre
25 May 2026

The standard sports concussion tool should be adapted for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Australia; QLD; WA Curtin University,Griffith University Brain Impairment
22 May 2026

Social science will play key role in WA’s vaping crackdown

Australia; WA Murdoch University
22 May 2026

We've figured out how an important seagrass breeds, and it's good news for growing more

Australia; SA; WA Murdoch University,Adelaide University Frontiers in Conservation Science
22 May 2026

Two new tools to measure attitude towards cosmetic procedures

Australia; WA Griffith University Body Image
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
21 May 2026

Rural siblings of people with neurodevelopmental conditions left to go it alone

Australia; WA Curtin University Disability and Rehabilitation
21 May 2026

Teen attitudes to exercise shape fitness years later

Australia; SA; WA Flinders University,The University of Notre Dame Australia,The University of New England Child: Care, Health and Development
21 May 2026

Is music while studying a helpful habit or hidden distraction?

Australia; WA Edith Cowan University Psychology of Music
20 May 2026

Children of parents with severe mental illness face higher risk of cognitive difficulties

Australia; WA; NT Murdoch University,Charles Darwin University,The University of Western Australia,Curtin University,The Kids Research Institute Australia Psychological Medicine
19 May 2026

COVID racism driven by more than fear of infection

Australia; International; WA Murdoch University,James Cook University The Journal of Social Psychology
19 May 2026

Two new ‘Doctors of the Reef’ Cleaner Wrasses identified

Australia; International; NSW; QLD; WA Queensland Museum,Australian Museum,James Cook University,The University of Sydney Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
19 May 2026

Dementia risk factors could depend on which country you live in

Australia; NSW; WA Curtin University,The University of New South Wales,Murdoch University,The University of Sydney The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific
19 May 2026

Contaminated illicit alcohol being sold to unsuspecting customers at licensed bottle shops

Australia; NSW; VIC; WA National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC),National Drug Research Institute (NDRI),The University of New South Wales,Curtin University Drug and Alcohol Review
Briefing
18 May 2026

BRIEFING ALERT: Treating obesity to help heart disease - Australia’s first Consensus Statement

Australia; NSW; VIC; WA Heart Foundation,The University of Melbourne
Expert Reaction
15 May 2026

EXPERT REACTION: Aussies on hantavirus affected ship due to return today

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA; WA Australian Science Media Centre
15 May 2026

Healthier brains may be more resilient to early Alzheimer’s disease

Australia; WA Murdoch University Neurology
14 May 2026

Most Australian ‘wild dogs’ are predominantly dingoes

Australia; SA; WA; ACT Adelaide University,The Australian National University,The Kids Research Institute Australia Conservation Letters

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