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More than 1 billion women and children across the world are exposed to violence
Australia; New Zealand; International; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA; WA; ACT George Institute for Global Health,The University of New South Wales,The University of Sydney,University of Technology Sydney (UTS),The Australian National University,The University of Queensland,Western Sydney University,Curtin University,Charles Sturt University,The University of Newcastle,James Cook University, La Trobe University, Queensland University of Technology, University of Adelaide, Monash University, Macquarie University, Flinders University, Griffith University,University of Washington, USA The Lancet
Global epilepsy pioneer elected 21st President of the Australian Academy of Science
Australia; ACT Australian Academy of Science
Chemical in wine, dark chocolate and fruits, may help improve insulin resistance
Australia; International; ACT The Australian National University,Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China PLOS One
Student performance decline after shift to online NAPLAN testing
Australia; QLD; ACT Griffith University Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
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EXPERT REACTION: Social media ban for under-16s is about to come into effect
Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA; WA; ACT Australian Science Media Centre
Are primary students prepared to write in a digital world?
Australia; NSW; WA; ACT Edith Cowan University,University of Canberra,The University of Newcastle The Australian Educational Researcher
Protecting fish on the Great Barrier Reef helps prevent crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks
Australia; TAS; ACT CSIRO,Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) Nature Ecology and Evolution
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EXPERT REACTION: Australia's Annual Climate Change Statement shows emissions dropping
Australia; NSW; SA; ACT Australian Science Media Centre
Deadly, record-breaking heatwaves locked in for 1,000 years, even under net zero pathways
Australia; VIC; ACT ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather,The Australian National University,Monash University,The University of Melbourne,CSIRO,ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes (CLEx) Environmental Research Climate
Do e-cigarettes compromise children's human rights?
Australia; International; ACT The Australian National University,University of Bath, UK The BMJ
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EXPERT REACTION: Libs dump net-zero
Australia; NSW; QLD; SA; ACT Australian Science Media Centre
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NEWS BRIEFING: Global carbon emissions up again in 2025
Australia; International; ACT CSIRO Global Carbon Budget 2025
Online program helps bowel cancer survivors manage their fears about cancer returning
Australia; International; NSW; SA; ACT The University of New South Wales,The Australian National University,The University of Sydney,Flinders University,University Hospital of Southern Denmark JAMA Network Open
New Australian clinical standards for fracture prevention to address the unacceptable crisis in osteoporosis care
Australia; New Zealand; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA; WA; TAS; ACT SOS Fracture Alliance
Ancient lichen paved the way for plants and animals to thrive on Earth
Australia; International; ACT The Australian National University Science Advances
Twin black hole mergers reveal secrets of cosmic evolution
Australia; ACT ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGRav) Astrophysical Journal Letters
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EXPERT REACTION: Scientists respond to Labor's Environmental Protection Reform Bill
Australia; VIC; QLD; ACT Australian Science Media Centre
Peatlands’ ‘huge reservoir’ of carbon at risk of release
Australia; ACT The Australian National University,Cornell University Science
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EXPERT REACTION: Challenges and opportunities with Australia's critical minerals agreement
Australia; NSW; VIC; SA; WA; ACT Australian Science Media Centre
Advancement for people with Parkinson’s in light therapy trial
Australia; NSW; ACT The University of Sydney,The Australian National University,SYMBYX PTY LTD Journal of Clinical Medicine
Traffic vibrations help scientists dig deep into Lake George’s seismic past
Australia; NSW; ACT The Australian National University Seismological Research Letters
New insights into how salt gathers at common solvent surfaces
Australia; NSW; SA; ACT Flinders University,The University of Newcastle,The Australian National University,The University of New England,CSIRO Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
Australia’s rainforests first to switch from carbon sink to source
Australia; International; NSW; SA; ACT Western Sydney University,The University of Adelaide,The Australian National University,CSIRO,James Cook University Nature
‘Far from negligible’: New Australian fossil fuel site will have major impact on people and the planet
Australia; International; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA; WA; ACT The Australian National University,The University of Adelaide,James Cook University,The University of New South Wales,The University of Melbourne Climate Action
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EXPERT REACTION: Widespread resistance to common antibiotics is increasing annually, WHO warns
Australia; International; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA; WA; ACT World Health Organization (WHO)
Young birds learn from older siblings, not their parents
Australia; International; ACT The Australian National University,Max Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour, Germany PLOS Biology
Discovery of binary stars the first step in creating "movie of the universe"
Australia; ACT The Australian National University PASA Letters
Nature inspires tech to help recover trillions of dollars in critical resources
Australia; ACT The Australian National University Mine Closure 2025
Global efficiency record set for large triple-junction perovskite solar cell
Australia; NSW; ACT The University of Sydney,The University of New South Wales,The Australian National University Nature Nanotechnology
Past 'treatment' of gender diverse children was 'conversion therapy' which delayed self-acceptance and caused long-term harm
Australia; New Zealand; NSW; VIC; WA; ACT La Trobe University,The University of Melbourne,Monash University,The University of Sydney,Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) Medical Journal of Australia
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EXPERT REACTION: Celebrated primatologist Jane Goodall has died
Australia; International; VIC; SA; ACT Australian Science Media Centre
Call to reduce the places Aussies can buy cigarettes
Australia; NSW; VIC; ACT The Australian National University,The University of New South Wales,The University of Melbourne,The University of Sydney Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
Nature weaves a 3D tapestry, giving butterfly its green wings
Australia; NSW; WA; ACT Murdoch University,The University of Western Australia,The University of Sydney,The Australian National University PNAS
Low-cost drug shows promise for patients with life-threatening respiratory infections
Australia; VIC; ACT The Australian National University,Monash University eClinicalMedicine
Cracking the code on using nature to stop floods
Australia; NSW; ACT The Australian National University
Poorer communities felt the worst well-being impacts from Australia’s 2019–2020 Black Summer fires
Australia; ACT The Australian National University One Earth
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