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City under blazing sun. | Newsreel

Green plastic film cuts building energy costs by 20 percent

An Australia-China collaboration has developed a bioplastic film which can cool buildings by almost 10 degrees during the heat of the day. Researchers from Zhengzhou
Read more 25 June 2025
Woman taking a pill. | Newsreel

Potential fat-burning pill with no side effects

A new potential drug treatment for people with type 2 diabetes and obesity is showing promising results without the side effects of current treatments. Researcher Tore
Read more 24 June 2025
Male university student. | Newsreel

Education levels linked to life expectancy

Education levels can impact life expectancies by more than seven years, according to new Australian research. A study carried out by Melbourne’s Monash University
Read more 24 June 2025
Solar floating farm. | Newsreel

Aussie cotton growers investigate floating solar farms

Placing floating solar panels over irrigation dams could lessen evaporation and generate energy across Australia’s agriculture industry. Research spearheaded by Ag
Read more 24 June 2025
Men of Business Academy on the Gold Coast. | Newsreel

Extra Crime Prevention Schools for Queensland

Queensland will soon have four Crime Prevention Schools, with extra funding to be announced in the State Budget. Premier David Crisafulli said $50 million would be
Read more 23 June 2025
Clouds. | Newsreel

Clouds disappearing and boosting global warming

Earth’s cloud cover is rapidly shrinking and contributing to record-breaking temperatures. New research, involving the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence
Read more 23 June 2025
Hospital emergency department. | Newsreel

Multilingual AI chatbot developed for hospital EDs

A team of New South Wales researchers are developing a multilingual chatbot to use in hospital emergency departments. UNSW Sydney academic researcher and emergency
Read more 20 June 2025
QIMR Berghofer team at BIO2025

Queensland biotech innovation on world stage

A team of Queensland medical researchers are sharing 80 years of innovation at an international conference in the United States. The QIMR Berghofer delegation, which
Read more 20 June 2025
Bogong moth, Australia. | Newsreel

World first for Australia’s starry-eyed Bogong moth

An Australian moth has become the first insect shown to use the stars to navigate hundreds of kilometres. A world-first study, by an international team of scientists,
Read more 19 June 2025
Dr Kenneth Liao with a robotic surgery machine. | Newsreel

Fully robotic heart transplant avoids major surgery

Surgeons in the United Stated have performed a fully robotic heart transplant on a person without the need for major surgery. Chief of cardiothoracic transplantation and
Read more 18 June 2025