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- Research Development
- 23/01/2026
- 15:11
UNSW SMaRT Centre study finds purification uses for textiles and other wastes
UNSW SMaRT Centre researchers have had published a study revealing multiple research findings around valuable new uses for textile and other wastes as sources…
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- Education Training, Research Development
- 21/01/2026
- 13:01
Women’s sport a winner in $11.7m MRFF grants
A La Trobe University project to reduce concussion and knee injuries in women and girls’ community football has secured almost $5 million in Federal funding. Professor Kay Crossley was one of four La Trobe academics to share in $11.7 million in the recently announced 2024 Medical Research Future Fund Clinical Trials Activity round. The distinguished academic and Director of the La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre was awarded $4.9 million to lead the projectHER trial in 28 community women and girls’ football leagues, involving more than 10,000 Australian Rules Football and soccer players. Professor Crossley said projectHER would…
- Mental Health, Research Development
- 16/01/2026
- 06:00
New study reveals clues as to why standard antidepressants fail for so many Aussies
A groundbreaking study from the University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Centre reveals new clues as to why standard antidepressants fail for many Australians, opening the door for more effective, personalised treatments. Examining nearly 15,000 Australians with depression in one of the largest studies of its kind, researchers from the Brain and Mind Centre’s Youth Mental Health and Technology team identified a clinically distinct “atypical depression” subtype that is strongly linked to other mental and physical illnesses like diabetes. Published in the journal Biological Psychiatry, the study found that this atypical depression group (21 per cent of the study sample)…
- Research Development, Science
- 14/01/2026
- 14:00
Bronze Medal Nobody Wants: 2025 Earth’s Third-Hottest Year
January 14 2026 New data from Europe’s leading climate agency shows 2025 was just 0.13°C away from being the hottest year on record, underscoring…
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- Medical Health Aged Care, Research Development
- 13/01/2026
- 14:06
Simple tool predicts who is most at risk of dementia after stroke
A new international study led by researchers from UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) has developed the first practical, five-year dementia risk…
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- Medical Health Aged Care, Research Development
- 25/11/2025
- 10:30
Significant Florey research identifies triple drug combination that may have potential for motor neurone disease
Key points: Motor neurone disease (MND) is a progressive, fatal neurodegenerative disease. Thecurrentfirst-linetreatment forMNDwas discovered 30 years ago. More effective treatments are needed. Over the pastthreedecadesmore than 170 drugs have been tested and failed in MND clinical trials. Researchers atThe Florey havedeveloped an innovativestem cell technology to test drugs in the laboratory. Theyhaveidentifieda 3-drug combination that is 6.5 times more effective than available treatmentsat prolonging MNDnerve cell survival in the lab. Skin cellsgenerouslydonated bypeople withMNDwere converted into nerve cells and used to test drug combinationsat large scale. Clinical trials are needed to see if the laboratory results offer promise for patients.…
- Agriculture Farming Rural, Research Development
- 19/11/2025
- 10:42
Moo-ving the boundaries: New research evaluates virtual fences for use on NT cattle stations
Cattle producers in Northern Australia face unique challenges when adapting tools like virtual fences on their properties, but new research from Charles Darwin University…
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- Research Development, Science
- 14/11/2025
- 15:19
Study explores if sustainable development research is really focused on well-being
The success of the United Nations’ global sustainability targets is often measured through economic growth – but what about how people feel and live?…
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- Medical Health Aged Care, Research Development
- 13/11/2025
- 12:16
Techcracker Lab Showcase: Breakthrough Medtech and Deep Tech at UNSW
UNSW Sydney and Horizons Ventures invite media to attend the Techcracker Lab showcase, a free event on Friday 14 November at UNSW’s Kensington campus. The showcase will highlight breakthrough technologies and the visionary founders behind them from around the world, including US-based HistoSonics, which will demonstrate its new FDA-approved histotripsy technology. This non-invasive therapy destroys cancer tumour tissue using pulsed sound waves. Watch a video demonstration of the technology here. The inventor of HistoSonics, Li Ka Shing Endowed Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan, Professor Xu Zhen, will be available for media interviews. Solina Chau, co-founder of…
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