Macquarie University
Why some birds divorce and others partner for life
Understanding why birds stay together or part ways can reveal fascinating insights into how evolution shapes this behaviour.
Research
The University of Sydney
Saving our cereals: fungal infection prevention saves billions of dollars and secures food supply | 2024 Shaping Australia Awards finalists
Cereal rust diseases pose a serious threat to wheat, barley and oat production worldwide. Wheat rusts alone cause annual losses of 5.47 million tonnes globally.
The University of Melbourne
Have yourself a very thrifty Christmas
As Australia’s cost-of-living increases, many of us are spending less. From calculating a gift’s cost-per-use to experiences rather than pressies, here are expert tips for a thrifty Christmas
Charles Darwin University
Walk more, drink less – a Nutritionist’s guide to the silly season
With obesity surpassing tobacco as the leading risk factor for disease in 2024, Charles Darwin University’s (CDU) new Head of Nutrition and Dietetics is encouraging Australians to balance the joy this silly season.
Charles Darwin University
Study reveals extreme rate of Australia’s invertebrate extinction
Professor Woinarski said the study highlighted the urgent need for conservation support, and the consequences of prevailing biases to iconic species in existing conservation efforts.
University of the Sunshine Coast
Global study identifies hidden genetic cause of intellectual disability
The study details a new form of childhood genetic intellectual disability resulting from recessive variants in the gene GTF3C3.
RMIT University
Aussie invention predicts power line faults that can cause bushfires
An early fault detection (EFD) system designed at RMIT University is helping to prevent bushfires and blackouts in North America, Europe and Australia.
Edith Cowan University
Call goes out to support world-first health platform
The ECU Centre for Precision Health (CPH) is calling on the Western Australian community to support the development of NeuroHub WA, a world-first health platform that will support the more than one million Western Australians living with a neurological condition.
Charles Darwin University
Health monitoring devices at risk of being hacked, study shows
Billions of people around the world are using internet-connected medical devices to monitor their health, but could be putting themselves at risk of hackers using their data for unhealthy reasons according to a new cybersecurity study.
Macquarie University
New study of seven million records reveals who gets long COVID
Macquarie University researchers shed new light on who is most likely to be diagnosed with long COVID in a groundbreaking Australian study that promises to improve how we screen, monitor and treat patients.
Macquarie University
How AI is shaping your next career move
Artificial intelligence can help you write an email or look up an obscure topic, but Macquarie Business School Associate Professor Sarah Bankins says the technology also shapes many decisions we make about our careers.
Monash University
Fruit fly helps unlock clues about how organs, tissue and cancer grow
In a new study, published in Developmental Cell, Monash University researchers in collaboration with Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre have made new discoveries on how the Hippo signalling pathway sends signals from the cell membrane to the nucleus to change cell behaviour.