Scimex - Science news for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific

13 August 2026

Rangers and scientists map vulnerable reefs in the Groote Archipelago

Australia; NSW; NT University of Technology Sydney (UTS),Anindilyakwa Land and Sea Rangers PLOS One

10 August 2026

NZ's plant history captured in DNA clues from the bottom of a lake

New Zealand Earth Sciences New Zealand,Cawthron Institute,Victoria University of Wellington,Lincoln University Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

10 August 2026

Using the Māori concepts of tapu and noa to assess offensiveness of trade marks

New Zealand University of Auckland Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

5 August 2026

Cost and access: the barriers stopping Aboriginal men getting prostate cancer surgery

Australia; NSW George Institute for Global Health The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific

4 August 2026

Indigenous-led conservation helps save endangered cockatoo

Australia; International; ACT The Australian National University,Universitas Gadjah Mada, Perkumpulan Konservasi Kakatua Indonesia Journal of Ethnobiology

3 August 2026

Rapid testing targets better treatments for serious lung infections

Australia; International; SA Flinders University,Adelaide University,University of California, Irvine Clinical Microbiology Reviews

23 July 2026

New teaching method could help Aboriginal languages survive and thrive

Australia; WA Curtin University Language, Culture and Curriculum

22 July 2026

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

22 July 2026

High cost of healthy living in remote Kimberley communities

Australia; WA The Kids Research Institute Australia Community Health Equity Research & Policy

21 July 2026

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

14 July 2026

Cancer outcomes for First Nations peoples improving

Australia Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)

13 July 2026

Weight loss medicines marketed at First Nations people: disease awareness or corporate profit?

Australia; NSW; VIC Deakin University,The University of Sydney Medical Journal of Australia

10 July 2026

Modelling reveals Sydney’s 1789 smallpox outbreak killed as many as 220,000 Indigenous Australians

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA; WA; TAS Flinders University,James Cook University,ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH),The University of New South Wales,University of Wollongong,Deakin University,Monash University,The Kids Research Institute Australia,University of Tasmania Nature Human Behaviour

9 July 2026

Indigenous peoples in the Amazon face massive cultural and ecological loss due to climate change

International University of Zurich Nature

Expert Reaction

9 July 2026

EXPERT REACTION: Australia's latest health report card reveals strengths and weaknesses

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)

7 July 2026

Citizen scientists help spot dolphins and whales off the NT coast

Australia; NT Charles Darwin University Pacific Conservation Biology

2 July 2026

Persistent vision and hearing health gap for Indigenous Australians

Australia; NSW The Westmead Institute for Medical Research,The University of Sydney,Macquarie University,The University of New South Wales Lancet Global Health

1 July 2026

Rise like a Phoenix: This native Aussie plant comes back stronger after cultural burning

Australia; NSW; VIC; SA Charles Sturt University Australian Journal of Botany

29 June 2026

Access to healthcare key for getting First Nations children vaccinated in early childhood

Australia; QLD The University of Queensland Australian Journal of Primary Health

26 June 2026

Evidence identifies ancient Aboriginal mining in the Riverland

Australia; SA Flinders University Archaeology in Oceania

23 June 2026

Ancient stories inform modern understanding of volcanic eruptions

Australia; VIC; QLD Museums Victoria,Monash University,University of the Sunshine Coast,The University of Queensland Volcanica

23 June 2026

Bringing back the world’s underwater forests starts with communities

Australia; New Zealand; NSW; VIC; SA; WA The University of New South Wales,The University of Western Australia,Flinders University,University of Auckland,Deakin University,Curtin University Journal of Applied Phycology

17 June 2026

State and sector leaders sign refreshed Accord for the future of Aboriginal health research

Australia; SA South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI)

15 June 2026

Australia must tackle unemployment to reduce suicide rates

Australia; SA Adelaide University

12 June 2026

New co-designed pregnancy app Dangudbila set to transform maternity care across the Top End

Australia; NT Menzies School of Health Research

10 June 2026

Leading natural hazards researchers converge in Adelaide to drive safer, more resilient communities

Australia Natural Hazards Research Australia Natural Hazards Research Forum 2026

27 May 2026

Noongar culture and arts grow wellbeing literacy in early childhood education

Australia; WA Edith Cowan University

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

25 May 2026

Find it, treat it: 30-second test could help prevent stroke in Indigenous Australians

Australia; NSW The University of New South Wales Medical Journal of Australia

23 May 2026

Rare kakaruai spreading beyond Dunedin ecosanctuary fence

New Zealand University of Otago,Bioeconomy Science Institute New Zealand Journal of Ecology

21 May 2026

Gene tech in NZ, now and in the future

New Zealand Royal Society Te Apārangi