Friend is the word for Generation Alpha
Generation Alpha has shown itself to value connection, with data analysis revealing “friend” as the children’s word of the year for 2024.
Director of Publishing at
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New vaccine points to lifetime COVID and flu immunity
A new vaccine which provides long-term immunity to COVID-19 and multiple influenzas strains from a single dose is a step closer.
Cornell University researchers in the
Read more5 March 2025
Climate change slowing the world’s strongest ocean current
By Taimoor Sohail and Bishakhdatta Gayen
Flowing clockwise around Antarctica, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current is the strongest ocean current on the planet. It’s five
Read more5 March 2025
Red-hot way to take the forever out of PFAS
An Australian-led team of international scientists have shown how toxic “forever chemicals” can be safely destroyed.
CSIRO Environmental Chemist Wenchao Lu said the
Read more4 March 2025
Little benefit from 10 years of food health star ratings
Voluntary health star nutrition ratings introduced in Australia and New Zealand over a decade ago have improved the life expectancy of the Kiwi population by a little
Read more4 March 2025
E-taste to enhance virtual reality experience
A new device promises to add taste as an extra dimension to virtual reality technology.
Field testing by researchers at The Ohio State University on a new interface,
Read more4 March 2025
Chasing happiness triggers “self-destructive decisions”
Chasing happiness is exhausting and destroys a person’s willpower.
Those are the findings of a new study into the “happiness paradox”, a phenomenon where trying to
Read more4 March 2025
Having children slows brain ageing process
Researchers believe having children protects the brain from the effects of ageing.
A study of nearly 37,000 adults, by scientists at Rutgers Health and Yale University,
Read more3 March 2025
Ultrasonic approach creates improved water-repellent glass
New Australian-developed water-repellent glass technology has the potential to improve vehicle safety and reduce building cleaning costs.
Researchers at Perth’s Curtin
Read more28 February 2025
Tropical humidity focus of new location-based tool
Australians sweltering through sticky summer nights have a new tool which will help them lower heat stress in their specific suburb.
The CSIRO has developed a new portal
Read more27 February 2025