Hydrogen Energy Program launched to support an Australian hydrogen economy

Publicly released: Thu 19 Sep 2019 at 1500 AEST | 1700 NZST

The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has launched The Hydrogen Energy Program to support the enormous potential for Australia of hydrogen as a competitive, low carbon energy alternative. Media Release. From:University of Technology Sydney Read more about Hydrogen Energy Program launched to support an Australian hydrogen economy - Scimex

Local boost for agtech, food and wine start-ups

Publicly released: Thu 19 Sep 2019 at 1400 AEST | 1600 NZST

Start-up companies in agricultural technology, food and wine are being given a guiding hand with a new business incubator launched at the University of Adelaide’s Waite campus. Media Release. From:The University of Adelaide. Start-up companies in Read more about Local boost for agtech, food and wine start-ups - Scimex

New guidelines prompt parents to introduce nuts earlier

Publicly released: Thu 19 Sep 2019 at 1400 AEST | 1600 NZST

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

The percentage of Melbourne parents feeding their babies peanut products has tripled since new guidelines were released in 2016, a Murdoch Children’s Research Institute study has found. Australian infant feeding guidelines changed in 2016 to Read more about New guidelines prompt parents to introduce nuts earlier - Scimex

Drug target for Alzheimer's disease has dual action

Publicly released: Thu 19 Sep 2019 at 1300 AEST | 1500 NZST

Journal of Neuroscience

UQ researchers have discovered a potential drug target for Alzheimer’s disease —an enzyme which has effects on both the immune and nervous systems. Dr Ramón Martínez-Mármol and Professor Frédéric A. Meunier from the Queensland Brain Read more about Drug target for Alzheimer's disease has dual action - Scimex

Emperor penguins forage of food in unexpected places during breeding

Publicly released: Thu 19 Sep 2019 at 1111 AEST | 1311 NZST

Geophysical Research Letters

Emperor penguins use small ice cracks and short-lived areas of open water to feed during their breeding season, challenging a previously held belief that they relied on larger and more long-term open water areas as their main foraging habitat. The Read more about Emperor penguins forage of food in unexpected places during breeding - Scimex

Poor diet may affect long-term spatial memory

Publicly released: Thu 19 Sep 2019 at 1000 AEST | 1200 NZST

Scientific Reports

UNSW researchers have found links between junk food consumption and loss of spatial memory in a recent animal study. Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Media Release. From:The University of New South Wales. Unhealthy Read more about Poor diet may affect long-term spatial memory - Scimex

Cancer drug approvals based on flawed trials

Publicly released: Thu 19 Sep 2019 at 0830 AEST | 1030 NZST

The BMJ

About half of trials that supported new cancer drug approvals had flaws in their trial design, according to researchers examining trials between 2014 and 2016. During this time, the European Medicines Agency approved 32 new cancer drugs, based on Read more about Cancer drug approvals based on flawed trials - Scimex

Med students are lacking the nutritional know-how

Publicly released: Thu 19 Sep 2019 at 0830 AEST | 1030 NZST

The Lancet Planetary Health

Despite the increase in diet-related disease globally, medical education does not equip students to provide high quality nutritional care to patients, according to researchers from Australia, New Zealand, and the Netherlands. The team conducted a Read more about Med students are lacking the nutritional know-how - Scimex

When is a child an adult? Should pediatricians treat teens?

Publicly released: Thu 19 Sep 2019 at 0830 AEST | 1030 NZST

The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health

When does childhood end? That’s the question international researchers are asking as they chart age cut-offs for paediatric services around the world. Adolescent Health Professor at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and the University of Read more about When is a child an adult? Should pediatricians treat teens? - Scimex

Breast is best for keeping the weight off bubs

Publicly released: Thu 19 Sep 2019 at 0801 AEST | 1001 NZST

58th Annual European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology Meeting

Breastfed children have a lower risk of obesity, suggest Egyptian researchers presenting at the 58th Annual European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology Meeting, who add that this might be linked to a reduction of the hormone leptin. Leptin is a Read more about Breast is best for keeping the weight off bubs - Scimex

Is IVF linked to higher risk of gestational diabetes?

Publicly released: Thu 19 Sep 2019 at 0801 AEST | 1001 NZST

The Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD)

Women who give birth to babies after in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), are at greater risk of developing gestational diabetes than those who conceive naturally, according to an international study being presented at the European Association for the Read more about Is IVF linked to higher risk of gestational diabetes? - Scimex

Gluten intake at 18 months may increase child's risk of type 1 diabetes

Publicly released: Thu 19 Sep 2019 at 0801 AEST | 1001 NZST

The Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD)

A child's intake of gluten at 18 months is associated with a 46 per cent increased risk of developing type 1 diabetes for each extra 10g of gluten consumed, according to research presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Read more about Gluten intake at 18 months may increase child's risk of type 1 diabetes - Scimex

Rollercoaster blood sugar levels and diabetes could double your chance of death

Publicly released: Thu 19 Sep 2019 at 0801 AEST | 1001 NZST

Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD)

International researchers presenting at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes say that people with diabetes could be more than twice as likely to die if they have very variable blood sugar control results, compared Read more about Rollercoaster blood sugar levels and diabetes could double your chance of death - Scimex

Misused and overprescribed: issues with anxiety drug persist despite 2017 policy

Publicly released: Thu 19 Sep 2019 at 0753 AEST | 0953 NZST

JAMA Internal Medicine

Alprazolam – known as Xanax – is still being overprescribed and misused, a big data study has found. Funder: This research was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Centre of Research Excellence in Medicines and Read more about Misused and overprescribed: issues with anxiety drug persist despite 2017 policy - Scimex

Heart disease risk underestimated among people with mental illness

Publicly released: Thu 19 Sep 2019 at 0400 AEST | 0600 NZST

PLOS One

For people with mental illness, their risk of cardiovascular disease may be underestimated by up to 60 per cent, despite heart disease being the mental health sector's third-biggest killer after suicide and cancer. In a study of over 430, 000 New Read more about Heart disease risk underestimated among people with mental illness - Scimex

Roads through the Heart of Borneo will break up key conservation landscapes

Publicly released: Thu 19 Sep 2019 at 0400 AEST | 0600 NZST

PLOS ONE

Planned infrastructure in the Heart of Borneo is predicted to fragment important conservation landscapes, say Australian and international researchers. The Heart of Borneo initiative is a government-led and NGO-supported programme to protect the an Read more about Roads through the Heart of Borneo will break up key conservation landscapes - Scimex

Save the reef, save the world

Publicly released: Thu 19 Sep 2019 at 0300 AEST | 0500 NZST

Nature

Aussie and international researchers, writing in a commentary article, believe that if we do things right, efforts to save reefs could have a spillover effect and protect other ecosystems. If global heating continues on its current path, the world's Read more about Save the reef, save the world - Scimex

Wilderness areas halve extinction risk

Publicly released: Thu 19 Sep 2019 at 0300 AEST | 0500 NZST

Nature

The world’s wilderness areas, where human impact is absent or minimal, halve the extinction risk of biodiversity compared to areas outside wilderness, according to Australian research. The global conservation community has been urged to adopt a Read more about Wilderness areas halve extinction risk - Scimex

Deep learning can predict El Niño 1.5 years in advance

Publicly released: Thu 19 Sep 2019 at 0300 AEST | 0500 NZST

Nature

Korean researchers report they have developed a deep learning method that can predict El Niño events up to one and a half years before they happen, overcoming a long-standing challenge in the field of El Niño forecasting. The model was trained Read more about Deep learning can predict El Niño 1.5 years in advance - Scimex

C-section babies more likely to have disease-causing bacteria in their guts

Publicly released: Thu 19 Sep 2019 at 0300 AEST | 0500 NZST

Nature

Babies born by caesarean are more likely to have altered gut bacteria with more opportunistic, disease-causing bacteria present in the days after birth according to Australian and UK researchers. The researchers found that babies delivered by Read more about C-section babies more likely to have disease-causing bacteria in their guts - Scimex