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Mapping food supply chains, nanotech cancer diagnosis, and tracking bushfire recovery winners at 2022 Eureka Prizes

A microscope slide that can diagnose cancer, mapping how what we eat affects the environment, and a volunteer effort tracking bushfire damage. These were just a few of the scientific projects recognised at the 2022 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes, announced in Sydney.

The Conversation

Counting from left to right feels ‘natural’ – but new research shows our brains count faster from bottom to top

When asked to write the numbers from one to ten in a sequence, how do you order them? Horizontally? Vertically? Left to right? Top to bottom? Would you place them randomly?

The Conversation

Special Report: Weapons trade

International relations pundits, who like to scent the air for the winds of change, will have their senses tuned to the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty Conference starting August 22 in Geneva. The world’s biggest exporter of arms, the United States, symbolically pulled out of the international agreement in 2019…

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Free cancer and heart disease DNA screening available for young Australians

A world-first DNA testing program has been set up by Monash University to screen young Australians for genes that increase risk of cancer and heart disease.

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Labor doubles down on domestic manufacturing

The prime minister has made claims Australia must be more self-reliant.

The Canberra Times

It's great education ministers agree the teacher shortage is a problem, but their new plan ignores the root causes

Last Friday, Australia’s state and federal education ministers met with emotional teachers, who spoke of working on weekends and Mothers’ Day to cope with unsustainable workloads – and how they were thinking about leaving the profession.

The Conversation

Study: Hidden Cushion Enabled Dinosaurs to Carry Heavy Loads

Australian scientists have cracked an enduring mystery, discovering how sauropod dinosaurs -- like Brontosaurus and Diplodocus -- supported their gigantic bodies on land. In a study published in the journal Science Advances on August 10, a University of Queensland and Monash University-led team used 3D modelling and engineering methods to…

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Review calls for dedicated PCOS clinics

A new review led by Victoria's Monash University advocates for more dedicated services in Australia to support women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome.

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Waking up to AI's sleep loss potential

Everyone sleeps, but we have few tools for measuring the sleep the world is getting at scale. AI and sleep could help us study global shocks in near-real time.

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Monash University joins international effort to educate thousands of Ukrainian children

Amid the sound of air-raid sirens and the threat of missiles, Sofiia Yakymenko logs onto her computer for an online lesson.

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Special Report: Nudging sustainability

For Earth Overshoot Day, we explore whether psychology has the solutions to flip our behaviour to be more sustainable.

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100,000 happy pictures: a new tool in the cyber ‘arms race’ against child sexual abusers

The volume of child sexual assault material online is on the rise. An Australian project is crowdsourcing images of safe children so it can find those in danger

The Guardian - AU

Melbourne researchers' diabetes breakthrough could reduce need for insulin injections

Diabetes researchers say they have made a breakthrough that could pave the way to eliminating the need for daily insulin injections.

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'Vital piece of evidence' for 10-year domestic violence plan finally sees the light of day after Morrison government delay

A long-awaited report that the Morrison government sat on for months has been released, with experts declaring it a "vital piece of evidence" that will chart the path towards eliminating violence against women and children.

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Mobile workers key to Pacific prosperity

Encouraging work abroad schemes could help Pacific Island nations to steer their way clear of crippling debt, write Paresh Kumar Narayan and Bernard Njindan Iyke.

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Mobile workers key to Pacific prosperity

Encouraging work abroad schemes could help Pacific Island nations to steer their way clear of crippling debt.

The Conversation

Cybersecurity in the Pacific: how island nations are building their online defences

Leaders of several Pacific nations met in Fiji last week to strengthen ties and promote unity in the region.

The Guardian - AU

How heat damages the DNA of endangered purple-crowned fairy wrens

Shortening of telomeres accelerates ageing process, research shows – a ‘pernicious silent threat’

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Scientists wrap robotic finger with 'living human skin' that can heal itself

This robotic finger has skin like a human's — and can even heal itself when "wounded" with the help of a collagen bandage.

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Monash University rural health mentoring program helping regional students in Mildura study medicine

A program run by Monash University is addressing the regional doctor shortage by supporting more students from outside the city to study medicine.

Wales Online

Walking more slowly can signify dementia in older people, warns new study

Researchers suggest speed and memory may be the best way to assess cognitive decline

Liverpool Echo

Dementia symptoms as the way you walk could be a warning sign

A new study has identified a possible connection between the speed you walk at and cognitive decline

Nottingham Post

Walking red flag could be sign of dementia in old age, new study warns

The study tracked thousands of older adults and found a possible warning sign for the condition

Daily Record

The GP weight loss advice and programmes that help keep size down 'for years'

Researchers have identified the most effective GP weight loss plans and what they involved.

Daily Record

Dementia warning symptom that impacts your walk identified in new study

The study tracked thousands of older adults and found a possible warning sign for the condition.

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