Wild wheat holds secrets to bespoke bread
For clues to making better bread, you need to take a walk on the wild side. That’s the message from Murdoch University researchers, who have been looking for ways...
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Pedalling to recovery after knee surgery
Rehab programs following knee surgery can often be expensive and a pain in the… well, knee. Fortunately, researchers at...
Brain bot one step ahead
We can never be sure what other people are thinking. Or can we? Researchers at the UNSW, Sydney have...
Determined Aussie doc shows no disease is immune
What if your body could fight cancer the same way it does a common cold? That question inspired one...
A fad diet whose time has come
Want to lose weight? What if you could do it by eating exactly the same thing in exactly the...
Just in time: targeted information save those at cancer risk
Doctors know early cancer screening saves lives but there’s one problem they haven’t solved: patients don’t always take the...
Tobacco turn-off: teenagers heed smoke signals
The gangrenous foot. The oozing artery. The cancer-riddled lungs. The gory images you see on Australian cigarette packets still...
Jelly fix is one out of the box
There aren’t too many upsides to high cholesterol but research at The University of Sydney has discovered a surprising...
When hard work really is worth the effort
Work can be a drag sometimes but what if your daily grind could help cure kids of a deadly...
A bush balm to heal the wounds
Modern medicine is taking a leaf out of Indigenous Australians’ book. Tea tree oil – long recognised for its...