Being susceptible to visual illusions is part and parcel of life not just for humans, but many other species – including bees.
The world’s most advanced artificial heart, including a pipeline of transformative, next-generation cardiac technologies, are set to be developed and commercialised by a Monash University-led consortium.
The technology to link human brains with computers is developing quickly – but the path ahead is full of challenges.
The groundbreaking identification of a specific T-cell receptor in healthy people without lupus has the potential to treat not only that disease, but approximately 100 autoimmune diseases known to have a similar pathology.
These innocent insects have done little to deserve our scorn. In fact, they have surprisingly complex minds, and can play important ecological roles.
Giraffes are the latest animals to show they can solve tasks using statistical reasoning – and the only one to do this with a small brain relative to body size.
Despite the thalidomide experience, research into the effects of medication during pregnancy is inadequate, including in cases where pregnant women need to continue their medication.
On a new episode of Monash University’s “What Happens Next?” podcast, meet the healthcare providers and advocates working tirelessly to ensure that we don't lose ground in the global fight for reproductive rights.
This week, Monash University's “What Happens Next?” podcast investigates how making reproductive healthcare inaccessible hurts us all.
Monash University is No.1 in the world for pharmacy and pharmacology, but what does that mean, and how are the university rankings calculated?
Researchers are delving into a protein with the potential to stop habitual drinking.
When Monash University announced world-first COVID-19 research in July, the crucial behind-the-scenes work of a group of PhD students went largely unnoticed.
The delivery of a COVID-19 vaccine still needs to overcome some ethical hurdles.
How likely is it that we'll have a relatively quick fix for COVID-19, and what are the hurdles?
The trumpeting of hydroxychloroquine's potential in treating COVID-19 raises ethical and safety concerns.
Researchers have repurposed existing tools to make a COVID-19 immunity test breakthrough.
Critically ill patients from intensive care units are part of a global trial testing a suite of flu and pneumonia drugs in a bid to combat COVID-19.
The spread of misinformation has striking parallels with the biological pandemic – and it, too, has cost lives.
A device being trialled globally that measures the heart rate of the mother and her foetus is moving care to an outpatient setting.
Deliberately infecting people with a disease-causing agent as part of medical research can be ethically acceptable, and even necessary.
In the wake of the UN's groundbreaking drug policy commitment, the time is right for drug laws reform.
An innovative stem cell trial offers hope in treating premature babies born with chronic lung disease.
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