From caravan parks to cancer breakthroughs
Professor David Whiteman’s hunt for answers about skin cancer has meant criss-crossing Queensland in an old Ford Falcon, taking skin samples from people in caravan
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New patch to replace blood tests … and big needles
The need for a range of blood tests may soon be over with researchers developing a new patch to test for various conditions.
Scientists in the United States have created
Read more19 August 2025
Mile-high wee the key to superbug battle
Aircraft toilets are at the forefront of a global effort to combat the spread of superbugs.
An Australian-led world-wide study has analysed wastewater from the toilets
Read more18 August 2025
Sounds strike a chord with beer fermentation
It seems beer responds to being serenaded … and no, researchers haven’t imbibed too much of the amber fluid in making that claim.
Scientists from the University of
Read more18 August 2025
SEQ world-first trial for spinal cord injury treatment
Thirty years of Queensland research into spinal cord injury is feeding into a world-first human trial.
Griffith University Professor James St John said a Phase 1 human
Read more18 August 2025
13 million specimens protected for the future
A $90 million facility to preserve more than 13 million irreplaceable biodiversity specimens has opened in Canberra.
CSIRO Chief Executive Doug Hilton said the new
Read more18 August 2025
Olympic host city housing fails a marker for Brisbane
A review of short-term policies and the retention of a public housing interest in the development of Olympic sites are among recommendations to ensure Brisbane 2032
Read more14 August 2025
Happy Kiwis embrace ‘voluntary simplicity’
Our neighbours across the ditch enjoy the simple life and are happier for it.
A study led by the University of Otago found Kiwis were happier and more satisfied when
Read more14 August 2025
$20 million diary mix-up a boost for QIMR Berghofer
A diary mishap and chance meeting with a Prime Minister led to a $20 million bonus for the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute.
In the first of a special podcast
Read more14 August 2025
Adding extra spark to deliver power walking
Power walking is taking on a new meaning with the development of a tool which turns footsteps into electricity.
A mechanical engineering major at Cornell University, in
Read more12 August 2025