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Music teaches deaf and hard-of-hearing children to listen

March 25, 2022

Group music therapy helps hearing-impaired kids understand complex sounds The improved listening skills boost educational and emotional growth A 12-week […]

Eating plastic makes for smaller mussels

March 25, 2022

RMIT researcher calls for reducing ‘microplastics’ in bathroom products Mussels in Port Phillip Bay near Melbourne are ingesting microscopic pieces

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Smart glove to train young surgeons

March 23, 2022

A glove is being trialled at Liverpool Hospital that gives surgical trainees instant and accurate feedback. Researchers say the gloves

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A new tool to measure social inclusion to save lives

March 21, 2022

Work, housing and friendships are core factors to feeling included. A new tool developed by researchers at Orygen to measure

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Ancient campfires reveal a 50,000 year old grocer and pharmacy

March 16, 2022

For the first time in Australia, archaeobotany has been used by researchers from UWA to examine charcoal from ancient campfires

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Young adults with old knees: preventing arthritis after ACL knee injuries

January 24, 2022

Half of people who have ACL knee surgery get arthritis by 40, but exercise therapy study by La Trobe researcher

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Food and housing crisis for Melbourne’s native bees

December 8, 2021

City gardens often don’t have the right types of food and homes for native bees and flies, with knock-on effects for our gardens and for biodiversity. Urban ecologist Katherine Berthon from RMIT University found that only 43% of flowers in the Melbourne city gardens she studied were being used by bees and other pollinating insects.

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