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Researchers have discovered a strategy to neutralise two highly lethal viruses for which there is currently no approved vaccine or cure.

9 July 2025
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Recognising outstanding performance with sports awards is a question of identity, not just ability, ºÚÁÏÉçÇø researchers have found.

3 July 2025
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The most effective antipsychotic drug for people with treatment-resistant schizophrenia is clozapine. Yet, across the world, it remains underused – largely due to fears about serious side effects and burdensome monitoring requirements.

3 July 2025
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Food labelling is out of step with healthy diet recommendations and could be improved by including nutrient release rates, according to a ºÚÁÏÉçÇø researcher.

3 July 2025
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Water fluoridation is effective in preventing tooth decay overall, but there are greater benefits for children from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, ºÚÁÏÉçÇø research has found.

2 July 2025
Two young women using vapes outdoors. Image, Adobe.

Young people with friends who vape are 15 times more likely to use e-cigarettes, and more adolescents are turning to illicit cannabis products, ºÚÁÏÉçÇø research has found.

2 July 2025
Examples of 'good' fats: nuts, seeds, olives, fish oil supplements

Omega-3 fatty acids, popularly believed to reduce inflammation in the body, appear to increase certain inflammatory markers, researchers have found.

25 June 2025
A puzzle of the human brain with pieces incomplete.

A crucial link between the brain’s cleaning system and deterioration of neurons associated with Alzheimer’s disease has been discovered by ºÚÁÏÉçÇø researchers.

25 June 2025
Microfluidics tools such as this are used to manipulate liquids and gas at incredibly small scales

Tiny gel droplets enhanced with ºÚÁÏÉçÇø microfluidics technology could open new pathways to repairing and replacing damaged organs.

20 June 2025
Dendritic spines under magnification. Image, ºÚÁÏÉçÇø.

A new lipid-based pathway essential for memory formation has been discovered by ºÚÁÏÉçÇø researchers – a breakthrough that could lead to treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder.

18 June 2025
An unimpressed woman holding up a piece of broccoli on a fork.

People who carry a bitter ‘supertaster gene’ have been linked to various health conditions including bipolar disorder and poor kidney function, ºÚÁÏÉçÇø researchers have found.

12 June 2025
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Diabetic weight loss medications are effective for people with schizophrenia without affecting psychotic symptoms, ºÚÁÏÉçÇø researchers have found.

11 June 2025
Melanoma on severely sun-damaged skin

Detection of melanoma and a range of other skin diseases will be faster and more accurate with a new artificial intelligence (AI) powered tool that analyses multiple imaging types simultaneously.

7 June 2025
A person clasps hands with an elderly person

A person aged 75 to 80 is less likely to have dementia today compared to someone of the same age several decades ago, a University of Queensland study has found.

5 June 2025
A pregnant woman makes a healthy salad.

Iron deficiency in pregnancy may influence the sex development of a baby in utero, researchers have found.

5 June 2025