Written by Akila Rekima and the University of Western Australia. For the full UWA press release, click here. A research team at UWA is investigating the complex interactions of breast milk with allergens and baby’s gut immune system. They’ve found that food-derived but also airborne allergens are present in breast milk. Some do give protection…
AC Margaret Elaine GARDNER VIC For eminent service to tertiary education through leadership and innovation in teaching and learning, research and financial sustainability. Bruce Gregory ROBINSON NSW For eminent service to medical research, and to national healthcare, through policy development and reform, and to tertiary education. Anthony William THOMAS SA For eminent service to scientific education…
We can’t easily monitor the health of plants, by the time we see that they’re sick it’s usually too late to save that. That’s an issue for your house plants, a field of wheat, orchards and plantations. Karina Khambatta has developed a way to use the waxy surface of leaves to monitor their health. Currently…
An “Expansion-Tolerant” Architecture offers stability to ultra-high capacity Lithium-Sulfur battery A lithium sulfur battery that has four times the capacity than existing electric car batteries has been built and tested by researchers at Monash University, revealed in a paper published in Science Advances. This would allow you to drive Melbourne to Sydney with just one…
Deakin researcher discovers allergy mechanism. Peanut allergens cross a model of the gut lining, causing it to leak, new research by Dr Dwan Price from Deakin University in Victoria has revealed. The allergens hijack the transport mechanisms of cells in the intestine, disrupting the bonds that hold the gut lining together, making it permeable. The…
Adelaide researchers find how a bacteria digests a sugar can be key to new treatments The severity of a common and often lethal type of bacteria depends on its ability to process a type of sugar, research from the University of Adelaide reveals. Streptococcus pneumoniae causes diseases of the lungs, blood, ear and brain, killing…
Australian invention promises massive boost to lithium production CSIRO and Monash University’s Matthew Hill received the Solomon Award for developing ‘magic crystals’ with dozens of applications from cleaning gases and liquids to mining and drug production. Cheaper cleaner lithium mining for future cars and batteries is the newest application. It’s being developed with US company…
Public events in Sydney 11 Nov, Melbourne 18 Nov and online Case studies/patients also available from the Mito Foundation. The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) is inviting all Australians to provide their views on the use of a new assisted reproductive technology that might assist in preventing certain rare mitochondrial diseases but which…
National consultation launched Saturday 19 October in Adelaide See the stories on Seven News, Ten News and the Adelaide Advertiser. NHMRC invited all Australians to provide their views on the use of a new assisted reproductive technology that might assist in preventing certain rare mitochondrial diseases, but which requires careful ethical and social consideration. Consultation…
We’re holding a series of courses at JCU in Cairns and Townsville. Meet working journalists from TV, radio and online, learn what they need, and how to keep it accurate – Cairns on Tuesday 17 September, Townsville on 19 September and Monday 23 September. Find out how to talk to business, government and the community:…