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‘Masculinity crisis’: Social media influencers promoting testosterone treatments to young men

Australia; NSW The University of Sydney,University of Wollongong Social Science & Medicine
9 hours ago

Warning of kidney cell damage from high exposure to nanoplastics

Australia; International; VIC; SA Flinders University,Monash University Cell Biology and Toxicology
16 hours ago

Around half of US teens are using AI chatbots

International The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA JAMA Network Open
2 February 2026

This student made cosmic dust in her lab. What she found could help us understand how life started on Earth

Australia; NSW The University of Sydney The Astrophysical Journal
31 January 2026

Opening the ‘window to the brain’ with powerful cancer tech

Australia; NSW; QLD Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN),The University of Queensland,The University of Newcastle,QIMR Berghofer,Queensland University of Technology (QUT),Mark Hughes Foundation Centre for Brain Cancer Research Science Advances
30 January 2026

Shining a light on sustainable new polymers – that can be reused

Australia; VIC; SA; TAS Flinders University,University of Tasmania,Deakin University Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS)
30 January 2026

AI-assisted mammograms pick up more cancers and reduce later diagnoses

International Radboud University, The Netherlands, Lund University, Sweden The Lancet
29 January 2026

A surgeon in another city could safely perform some robot-assisted surgeries remotely

International Chinese PLA General Hospital, China The BMJ
29 January 2026

Quantum batteries could supercharge the future of quantum computing 

Australia; VIC; QLD CSIRO,The University of Queensland,Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University Physical Review X (PRX)
29 January 2026

AIs fail 'Humanity’s Last Exam' on the cutting edge of human knowledge

Australia; International; NSW; VIC; WA; ACT The University of Western Australia,Swinburne University of Technology,The University of Sydney,University of Technology Sydney (UTS),The Australian National University,Monash University,La Trobe University,RMIT University,Murdoch University,The University of Melbourne,Center for AI Safety, USA Nature
29 January 2026

DeepMind's new AI tool could help supercharge genetic research

International Google DeepMind, UK Nature
28 January 2026

AI could warn of freezing when walking, a common symptom of Parkinson’s disease

International University of Sharjah,Liverpool John Moores University, UK Royal Society Open Science
27 January 2026

Taking a second to change the time

Australia; International; SA Adelaide University Optica
27 January 2026

New technique to identify the smallest of malfunctions in our genetic code

Australia; International; VIC; ACT The Australian National University,Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO),Ohio State University Nucleic Acids Research
27 January 2026

Health impacts linked to emissions from making plastics could more than double by 2040

International London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK The Lancet Planetary Health
27 January 2026

Dark side of the universe revealed in new map

International California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA Nature Astronomy
Expert Reaction
27 January 2026

Shifting power use to off-peak hours could save NZ $3 billion

New Zealand Energy Efficiency & Conservation Authority
24 January 2026

Alexa could help older people with type 2 diabetes stay happy and healthy

International Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil JAMA Network Open
22 January 2026

Could microalgae be the future for sustainable architecture in WA?

Australia; WA Murdoch University
22 January 2026

New nanoparticle technology offers hope for hard-to-treat diseases

Australia; NSW University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Nature Nanotechnology
22 January 2026

If you're addicted to binge watching TV, you may be more likely to be lonely

International Huangshan University, China PLOS One
22 January 2026

AI may be able to detect depression from your Whatsapp voice notes

International Santa Casa de São Paulo School of Medical Sciences, Infinity Doctors PLOS Mental Health
22 January 2026

Is AI use linked to depression?

International Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA JAMA Network Open
21 January 2026

Handy robot can crawl and pick up objects

International Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland Nature Communications
19 January 2026

Sugarcane hits the sweet spot for sustainable carbon

Australia; QLD The University of Queensland Agriculture Communications
19 January 2026

Cyberattacks can trigger societal crises

International University of Sharjah Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management
15 January 2026

At-home blood oxygen monitoring devices less accurate on people with darker skin

International University of Plymouth (UK) - research paper, University of Colorado (USA) - editorial The BMJ
15 January 2026

How leftover avocado peel, stale bread, and sago could be the future of bioplastics

Australia; VIC Deakin University,RMIT University Matter
15 January 2026

AI tools help scientists' careers advance at the expense of scientific exploration

International Tsinghua University (China) Nature
15 January 2026

Little red dots in other galaxies may be black holes wrapped in gas-cloud cocoons

International University of Manchester, UK Nature
Expert Reaction
15 January 2026

EXPERT REACTION: AIs behaving badly: An AI trained to deliberately make bad code will become bad at unrelated tasks too

International Truthful AI, USA Nature
14 January 2026

Virtual Reality emerges as a supportive space for self-disclosure, with nature settings leading the way

Australia; WA Edith Cowan University Applied Sciences
14 January 2026

Smartphone apps are a smart way to quit smoking

International Capital Medical University, Beijing, China BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine
14 January 2026

Revealing the parental role in preventing childhood internet addiction and how to combat it

Australia; International; VIC Swinburne University of Technology Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies
14 January 2026

Bacteria vs viruses: space alters their evolutionary 'arms race'

International University of Wisconsin-Madison PLOS Biology
13 January 2026

AI bosses are creating a new problem for gig workers

Australia; NSW; VIC Macquarie University,Monash University Journal of Management Studies

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