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3 hours ago

Crime scene blood stains can be damning – even after cleaning

Australia; VIC; SA Flinders University,La Trobe University Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences
4 hours ago

New method to remove toxic PFAS chemicals from water

Australia; NSW; SA Flinders University,The University of New South Wales Angewandte Chemie International Edition
7 hours ago

New target developed to improve production of important medical radioisotope

Australia; NSW Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering
7 hours ago

Common forever chemical a threat to bees

Australia; NSW; VIC The University of New England,The University of Melbourne,La Trobe University Environmental Science & Technology
8 hours ago

Aspirin is unlikely to be helpful for lowering bowel cancer risk

International Sichuan University, China Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
8 hours ago

What lies beneath: tapping into Australia’s hidden waters

Australia; NSW The University of New South Wales
9 hours ago

Emerging class of antibiotics to tackle global tuberculosis crisis

Australia; NSW The University of Sydney,Centenary Institute Nature Communications
9 hours ago

Delicate membranes given super strength to transform green energy tech

Australia; International; NSW; VIC; QLD The University of Queensland,The University of New South Wales,The University of Melbourne,UQ School of Chemical Engineering, ARC Centre of Excellence for Green Electrochemical Transformation of Carbon Dioxide (GetCO2), UQ Dow Centre for Sustainable Engineering Innovation Nature Synthesis
10 hours ago

Australians are rethinking inner city living

Australia; SA Adelaide University Regional Studies
10 hours ago

HPV vaccine protection shows no sign of slowing after 18 years

International Karolinska Institutet, Sweden The BMJ
11 hours ago

Why conspiracy theories can be so irresistible

Australia; SA Flinders University Springer Nature
Expert Reaction
11 hours ago

EXPERT REACTION: New class of cancer drug targeting the most commonly mutated gene shows early promise

Australia; International; QLD University of Texas, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA New England Journal of Medicine
13 hours ago

Meningococcal B vaccination does not reduce gonorrhoea

Australia; NSW The University of New South Wales,Griffith University CROI
14 hours ago

Tracking the unpredictability of ball movement could better rate a soccer team's performance

Australia; VIC; SA Deakin University,Flinders University PLOS One
14 hours ago

Humpback whales at risk of entanglement in fishing gear during times where cool water is sparse

International NOAA, USA PLOS Climate
14 hours ago

Why does a fetus yawn while still in the womb?

International Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Italy PLOS One
14 hours ago

Social media flagging could limit cancer misinformation spread

International University of North Carolina (USA) PLOS One
14 hours ago

Late bloomers: climate change is messing with tropical plants

International University of Colorado - Boulder, USA PLOS One
15 hours ago

New HIV drug could provide alternative for patients on complex treatments

Australia; International; NSW The University of New South Wales,Queen Mary University of London, UK The Lancet
17 hours ago

Alvarezsauroids - the dinosaurs that love to be tiny

International University of Minnesota, USA Nature
17 hours ago

When is it ok to take someone off their mental health meds?

Australia; International; NSW; VIC The University of Sydney,Deakin University,The University of New South Wales,Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA JAMA Network Open
17 hours ago

Brain scans may reveal three distinct types of ADHD

Australia; International; VIC Monash University,West China Xiamen Hospital of Sichuan University JAMA Psychiatry
17 hours ago

The secret of squeaky sneakers

International Harvard University, USA Nature
20 hours ago

Researchers warn: opioids aren’t effective for many acute pain conditions

Australia; NSW The University of Sydney Drugs
20 hours ago

Electric deterrent device can stop sharks pinching fishers' catch

Australia; NSW; QLD; WA The University of Western Australia,Queensland University of Technology (QUT),Bond University,Government of Western Australia Marine and Freshwater Research
25 February 2026

Blood test discovery could help identify head and neck cancer patients at higher risk of relapse

Australia; NSW Centenary Institute,The University of Sydney,Macquarie University,Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, NSW Health Pathology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital European Journal of Surgical Oncology
25 February 2026

Would you feel comfortable talking to your boss if you had a problem with alcohol or other drugs?

Australia; NSW; SA Flinders University,The University of Newcastle Addiction
25 February 2026

Are our conservation efforts working to slow the loss of biodiversity?

Australia; International; QLD James Cook University,Duke University, USA Proceedings of the Royal Society B
25 February 2026

Analysing chimp wee suggests they're hitting the booze

International University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA Biology Letters
25 February 2026

Deeper voices are considered more attractive - unless you're a straight man

International Edge Hill University, UK, University College London, UK Royal Society Open Science
25 February 2026

Lifespan-extending treatments increase variation in age at time of death

Australia; International; NSW The University of Sydney,The University of New South Wales Biology Letters of the Royal Society
25 February 2026

Parents' BMI before conception could influence child's risk of liver disease

International Washington University School of Medicine, USA Gut
25 February 2026

Is there a gene that can help you avoid heavy smoking?

International Regeneron Genetics Center, USA Nature Communications
25 February 2026

Quantum effect could power the next generation of battery-free devices

Australia; QLD Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Newton
25 February 2026

Tool for identifying children at risk of speech disorders

Australia; VIC Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI),The University of Melbourne Archives of Disease in Childhood
24 February 2026

Helping young dancers stay strong: New evidence-based website to support health, wellbeing and performance

Australia; WA Edith Cowan University

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