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How 30,000 archaeological treasures were saved from imminent destruction during Syria’s civil war

International University of Sharjah Museum Management and Curatorship
17 September 2026

Hidden caves beneath the Nullarbor revealed by subtle surface trenches

Australia; WA Curtin University,The University of Western Australia,La Trobe University,The University of Queensland Communications Earth and Environment
16 September 2026

Chimpan-see, chimpan-do: How young primates learn to use tools

International University of Barcelona, Spain Frontiers in Psychology
16 September 2026

Australia’s only MS stem cell resource expands research opportunities in progressive MS

Australia; TAS University of Tasmania,Menzies Institute for Medical Research Australasian Biospecimen Networking Association (ABNA) Annual Conference
16 September 2026

Not all roads led straight to Rome

International Aarhus University, Denmark Nature Communications
15 September 2026

Bubbles the food-stealing dolphin finds shortcut to easy meal

Australia; QLD University of the Sunshine Coast Ecology and Evolution
14 September 2026

Jaws tell a tale of how prehistoric fish evolved

Australia; International; SA; WA Flinders University,Curtin University,Western Australian Museum Scientific Reports
14 September 2026

Genetic secrets to grow food crops on salty land revealed

Australia; NSW; SA; WA The University of Newcastle,Adelaide University,King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia Nature Communications
14 September 2026

People vs bandicoots: We've been hating on the critters for 150 years

Australia; NSW The University of Sydney Pacific Conservation Biology
12 September 2026

Tiny ‘whirlpools’ discovered in atom-thin semiconductor

Australia; NSW; VIC; SA Monash University,Flinders University,Swinburne University of Technology,The University of New South Wales Science Advances
12 September 2026

Tweaking the genetics of compost bacteria could help break down shoe foam plastics

International Aarhus University, Denmark Chem Catalysis
11 September 2026

Sinking feeling: Testing for ocean health and carbon storage

Australia; NSW; VIC Flinders University,Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO),The University of Melbourne Marine Ecology
10 September 2026

Hungry scent detection dogs more likely to ‘cry wolf’

Australia; New Zealand; SA Adelaide University,University of Waikato Learning and Motivation
10 September 2026

Training Australia’s next line of cyber defence

Australia; SA Adelaide University
10 September 2026

Ice Age origins of one of humanity’s oldest drug habits

Australia; NSW; QLD Griffith University,Charles Sturt University,Southern Cross University Science Advances
10 September 2026

Troodon dinosaur's hip and leg bones could help identify future fossils

International North Carolina State University, USA, Montana State University, USA PLOS One
9 September 2026

Caffeine pollution in rivers may make shrimp act like they've been infected with parasites

International University of Bonn, Germany Biology Letters
9 September 2026

A horse's personality is likely shaped by how we treat them

International University of Turku, Finland Royal Society Open Science
9 September 2026

Prehistoric builders hauled 25-tonne stones 18km to build Britain’s tallest stone row

Australia; International; WA Curtin University Proceedings of the Royal Society A
9 September 2026

‘Parachute science’ is failing the world’s tropical insects

Australia; International; VIC; QLD Monash University,Griffith University BioScience
8 September 2026

More than $1 million in elephant ivory advertised online in Australia

Australia; SA Adelaide University Biological Conservation
8 September 2026

How non-REM sleep helps mice deal with stressful social situations

International Morehouse School of Medicine, USA JNeurosci
7 September 2026

What happens when you flush? How toilet aerosols reach the breathing zone

Australia; SA Flinders University,Adelaide University Science of the Total Environment
3 September 2026

Low-power lasers create water-repellent polymers and reflective coatings

Australia; NSW; SA Flinders University,The University of Sydney,Adelaide University ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
3 September 2026

There’s a vast difference between high school and uni maths – and we need to talk about it

Australia; VIC Swinburne University of Technology Teaching Mathematics and its Applications
3 September 2026

Bees see the world in more ways than previously thought

Australia; SA Adelaide University,Lund University Neuroscience
3 September 2026

Genes linked to personality traits may influence our health, wealth, work and love lives

Australia; International; VIC; QLD QIMR Berghofer,The University of Queensland,Queensland University of Technology (QUT),The University of Melbourne,Michigan State University, USA Nature
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2 September 2026

EXPERT REACTION: Nepal-Tibet flood disaster, one week on

Australia; International; NSW; QLD; SA; WA Australian Science Media Centre
2 September 2026

Musicians’ brains stay one step ahead

Australia; VIC; WA Edith Cowan University,Curtin University,Deakin University Psychological Research
2 September 2026

How do you solve a problem like a meerkat?

International University of Zurich, Switzerland Proceedings B
1 September 2026

Every breath you take shapes your brainwaves

International University of California, USA JNeurosci
31 August 2026

Not tiger, not wolf: Tassie tiger’s skull reveals far different hunting style

Australia; NSW; VIC; SA; TAS Flinders University,The University of Melbourne Nature Communications
31 August 2026

How the Tassie tiger outfoxed its prey

Australia; QLD; TAS University of the Sunshine Coast,University of Tasmania,The University of Queensland BMC Ecology and Evolution
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27 August 2026

EXPERT REACTION: Nepal-Tibet border flash flood

Australia; International; NSW; VIC; QLD
27 August 2026

Electrically charged raindrops could be corroding metal with protective coatings

International Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany Nature
26 August 2026

Some educational interventions can improve kids' ethics and morals

Australia; International; NSW; QLD Australian Catholic University,The University of Queensland,The University of Sydney Nature Human Behaviour

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