Flinders Uni to bring medicine into the mines to help prevent dehydration
A new product developed by the Medical Device Patterning Program (MDPP) at Flinders University aims to help miners stay safer and healthier while on the job. Hydralert is a...
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Coffee: if you’re not shaking, you need another cup.
A team of researchers including one from The University of Western Australia has concluded that our penchant for coffee...
Indian spice tumeric may hold key to treating depression
A study by the Murdoch University has supported the theory that the Indian spice turmeric possesses anti-depressant benefits. The...
Braille-method set to reduce failure rate of prosthetic devices
A new method could help reduce biomedical and prosthetic device failure rates. University of Sydney researchers believe a new...
New cancer-detecting cameras inspired by shrimp eyes.
New cancer detecting camera technology has been inspired by nature’s vision systems, specifically, mantis shrimp eyes. University of Queensland...
Protein could hold key to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s cure
Researchers at the University of Queensland have revealed new findings that could eventually lead to treatments for neurodegenerative diseases...
Worms may hold the answer to coeliac disease
Australian researchers have found an unlikely ally in hookworms in the treatment of coeliac disease. The ground-breaking research, conducted...
New test gives hope to sneezing, itchy hay fever sufferers
Hay fever sufferers, rejoice! Brisbane researchers have developed a blood test that can accurately detect one of the most...
New drug may improve treatment for prostate cancer and tuberculosis
Prostate cancer kills over 3,200 Australian men each year and is the highest diagnosed cancer in men, account for...
New medicine could save thousands of women’s lives.
The Monash Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences is developing a new medicine which could save tens of thousands of women...