An international study looking at brain samples has detected microplastics and nanoplastics in almost all of them, but the researchers say there is still plenty of work to do to properly understand ...

Plastic piping left on defunct mining sites can be used to build comfortable nesting sites for endangered northern quolls, according to Aussie researchers. They say the critters are under increasing ...

A small number of researchers are 'super-retractors' and account for a significant proportion of retracted clinical trials, according to international research, which the authors say may help to ...

People who use AI at work without often challenging or editing what it comes up with are likely to have lower confidence in their ability to make their own choices in their jobs, according to ...

Drugs that target amyloid plaques - known to build up in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease - have no meaningful effect, say European researchers, who add that these drugs can increase ...

Pohlsepia mazonensis, a famous 300-million-year-old fossil long thought to be the world's oldest octopus – even featuring in the Guinness Book of Records – isn't an octopus at all, according to ...

Virtual reality tools have untapped potential to elicit positive emotions for use in education, healthcare, architecture and psychological therapy. Virtual reality tools have untapped potential to ...

A fire has broken out in one of Australia's two remaining oil refineries overnight. Emergency services were still battling the blaze at Viva Energy Refinery in Geelong this morning, and it is expected ...

Variations in two genes involved in regulating appetite and digestion may help to explain why some people lose more weight than others on glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) medicines, such as Ozempic, ...

An international team led by researchers at QUT has used artificial intelligence to create tiny “smart” proteins that switch on only when they detect a chosen target. An international team led by ...

Only about 2% of pharmacists are Māori, compared to about 18% of the total population, and a new survey shows many are considering leaving. About a quarter of registered Māori pharmacists, as well as ...

New research is calling for a fundamental shift in how Australian universities and scientists publish research that draws on Indigenous Knowledges (sum of the understandings, skills, and philosophies ...