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Man getting blood pressure taken. | Newsreel

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 more 26 November 2024
Kangaroo Point Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland. | Newsreel

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 more 26 November 2024
Young person looking our window of apartment. | Newsreel

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 more 26 November 2024
First Nations event on the Sunshine Coast. | Newsreel

$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 more 25 November 2024
Australia from space. | Newsreel

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 more 25 November 2024
Couple on a plane. | Newsreel

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 more 25 November 2024
Ice melt glacier. | Newsreel

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 more 25 November 2024
Doctor checking a woman's heart. | Newsreel

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 more 25 November 2024
Charity worker with donated clothes. | Newsreel

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 more 25 November 2024
Woman recording her voice. | Newsreel

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 more 24 November 2024