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Melbourne researchers call on parents, dentists and other health professionals to act to save children’s teeth. A recent study has shown that at least one in six children is affected by ‘chalky …
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Maths meets Carlton, AFL fights ACL AFL knee injuries could be dramatically reduced if physiotherapists paid more attention to ankles, a Melbourne mechanical engineer has found. He is now trialling …
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Sydney sea squirts show that there’s more to fertilization and IVF than we thought For sea squirts the key to a long and happy life is to be fertilized not by a fast sperm, but by one that stands …
Trial of treatment underway in Perth Perth researchers are planning to end the sleepless nights that families face when ear infections strike and won’t go away. Their research could reduce the need …
Australian Museum New Scientist Eureka Prize for Science Photography highly commended and finalists announced Ten stunning images have been selected as highly commended (including three finalists) …
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Australian Museum Eureka Prizes finalists announced The Australian Museum presents Australia’s premier science awards program. Congratulations to the 100 individuals who were announced as this …
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Safeguarding an important food crop—and the world’s beer supply On-site - farmers’ crop of barley infected with leaf rust Lee Hickey, University of Queensland geneticist and John Agnew, Chair of …
Researchers from the Gene and Stem Cell Therapy Program at Sydney’s Centenary Institute have confirmed that, far from being “junk”, the 97 per cent of human DNA that does not encode instructions for …
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Media release from Senator the Hon Kim Carr and Senator the Hon Jan McLucas. A new, $37 million experimental sea simulator will enable Australian scientists to recreate ocean conditions and study …
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Despite the claims of some, commercially viable fuels from algae have not yet been developed. But newly trialled native algae species provide real hope, a Queensland scientist has found. Dr Evan …
The discovery of a link between a specific gene and ageing in a species of worm could reveal valuable lessons for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Low levels of the protein generated from the …
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Two tiny fossils are prompting an overhaul of theories about marsupial evolution after they revealed unexpected links to South America – and possibly Africa. One of the fossils, found at the …
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