While AI and robotics reshape our reality, experts explore how these emerging tools could be used to create a more equitable future – from healthcare breakthroughs to Indigenous-led innovation.
Common steroid treatments for the autoimmune disease lupus can cause as many problems as they solve, but researchers are close to finding a viable alternative.
Historically cut out from climate leadership, calls for more women at the table stands to benefit everyone fighting the climate crisis.
Clinical trials of an mRNA vaccine have begun, and researchers expect broadly positive outcomes in the fight against the widespread illness.
The number of hospital emergency department presentations has increased between 23% and 49% globally in the past decade, and care is the casualty.
A review indicates that both cannabinoids and terpenes in cannabis show great promise as antivirals in laboratory research, and could be used to treat infections including COVID-19.
A new survey finds Australians care deeply about the environment, but many aren’t aware of the full extent of biodiversity loss.
Can genetically-modified cell therapies correct the immune system’s mistaken attack of healthy cells and tissues?
The virus is related to Hendra and Nipah viruses. But we don’t know whether it spreads from human to human.
Just because we’re in a period of social change doesn’t mean we have to lose momentum on sustainability. There are six things we can do right now to offset our daily waste from disposable masks.
Dr Harry Al-Wassiti, Research Fellow at the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS), answers the questions about the jab that's on everyone's mind.
The successful uptake of Australia’s COVID program hinges on tailored communication campaigns that appeal to all sectors of the community.
Young adults talk about food as good and bad, but health professionals should move away from the focus on shame, guilt and fear around food and nutrition.
Our post-coronavirus pandemic future will be very different to the one we anticipated, as it reshapes relationships, governments, business, and broader society.
Combating a virus that can cause disease and life-threatening transplant complications is the focus of Eureka Prize-winning research.
Research is looking at the role a high-fibre diet can play in reducing hypertension.
Dr Kaye Morgan hopes the phase contrast x-ray technique she’s working on will help doctors and researchers detect lung problems earlier.
Antimicrobial resistance is a global crisis that threatens to take us back to a pre-penicillin era.
Since the 1980s, PSA tests have been used for the diagnosis and follow-up of prostate cancer. However, its use as a screening test for prostate cancer remains controversial.
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