Billion-dollar bill to treat high blood pressure
High blood pressure treatment costs Australians more than $1.2 billion a year, with 40 percent paid directly by patients in out-of-pocket costs.
A new study by The
Read more26 November 2024Community
Drones and infra-red sensors make new bridge ‘excellent’
Brisbane’s Kangaroo Point Bridge will be the first in Australia to use drones for water sampling and cameras with infra-red sensors to monitor river levels and flood
Read more26 November 2024
Policy penalty blocks homeless youth from housing
Homeless young people are being denied housing because policy settings make it more profitable for providers to rent to older Australians.
New research from the
Read more26 November 2024
$2.7m invested in arts and heritage programs
Almost $2.8 million was invested in projects across the Sunshine Coast region last year with funds gathered through the council’s Arts and Heritage levy.
Sunshine
Read more25 November 2024
Call for climate science leadership through new agency
A leadership vacuum exists in Australia’s climate research ranks, with the country’s scientists calling for a national agency to oversee efforts.
Australian Academy
Read more25 November 2024
Holiday airfares facing multiple pricing pressures
Holiday makers looking to find airfare deals this festive season may be disappointed, with a number of factors keeping prices high.
University of the Sunshine Coast
Read more25 November 2024
What was (and wasn’t) achieved at COP29?
By Jacqueline Peel
The petroleum-laden dust has settled on this year’s United Nations climate summit, COP29, held over the past fortnight in Baku, Azerbaijan. Climate
Read more25 November 2024
Heart’s ‘hidden’ self-healing abilities discovered
Researchers have discovered the human heart has the ability to repair itself after trauma, with a little kick-start.
Professor Olaf Bergmann from Sweden’s Karolinska
Read more25 November 2024
Councils urged to better support fashion recycling
A new global study has called for a shake-up of the recycled clothing industry, finding most donated clothes were exported to other countries or sent to
Read more25 November 2024
Hope AI voice analysis can detect Parkinson’s early
A collaboration between universities in Australia and Iraq has shone the light on a potential new early detection technique for Parkinson’s disease.
Researchers from
Read more24 November 2024