Moulding plastic prostate cancer
Australian scientists know that, when it comes to prostate cancer, not all plasticity is good plasticity. So a team led by Flinders University has been looking into how some...
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Chewing on brain development
A new study has shown how brains developed in the first land animals, and it’s all to do with...
A din at dinner can really wreck your appetite
Polished concrete surfaces might look flash, but according to an acoustic study, noisy cafés and restaurants leave a bad...
Cutting tonsil surgery recovery
Researchers have discovered a way to cut tonsil surgery recovery times in half. Shrinking tonsils — or surgically reducing...
Rocking the history boat to show King Alfred wasn’t so great
New research has pushed out the boat to bust a myth about the origins of Britain’s Royal Navy. The...
Unveiling the effectiveness of home-made masks
Commonly available home-made masks have been found to decrease the wearer’s risk of catching COVID-19. A Flinders University study...
Dementia might be in your blood
A clue to solving dementia might just be inside all of us. Researchers have identified a blood marker which...
Fairy snail ending
It’s not often the glandular secretions of an obscure gastropod get to be the hero of the story but...
“I” before “we”, except during COVID-19
The self-absorbed language of children has been turned on its head during the pandemic, according to new analysis from...
Heads in the cloud
Imagine creating a potential vaccine to fight COVID-19 the same way architects design a house: on thea computer. Researchers at Flinders University have done exactly that, shaving years off normal development times by harnessing the power...