Researchers have found a potentially life saving treatment for people who have suffered a heart attack, thanks to a deadly Arachnid. A team from the University of Queensland used a drug developed from the venom of the deadly Fraser Island ...
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A group of Sydney teenagers have been busted staying at a holiday home on the NSW south coast, where they met during the university holidays. Police visited a rental home at Catalina, near Batemans Bay, on Wednesday and found eight teenagers, aged ...
More »‘Cracked’: Sydney professor denies fake hate mail campaign despite strange admission
A senior Sydney academic who has admitted to writing one threatening letter to herself has denied responsibility for an alleged fake hate mail campaign, despite an admission in a text message that she had “cracked”. Former University of Technology dean of science ...
More »Almost half of Australians fear a war with China is imminent
Almost half of Australians believe China will attack its shores in the near future, according to shocking new research. Research from the Australia Institute reveals 42 per cent of Australians think China will attack Australia soon or sometime, believed to ...
More »Ageism and selfies: why are older people reluctant to take and share selfies online?
Over half of Older Australians are reluctant to share photos online due to a fear of being ridiculed, according to new research from Swinburne University. Researchers from Swinburne ran a day-long pilot study, interviewing thirty people aged over 65 on their ...
More »Experts recommend NSW extend lockdown to lessen effects of pandemic
The life-threatening and economic hazards of relaxing Covid-19 restrictions before zero community spread is reached validates the decision by NSW to extend its lockdown, researchers suggest. A team of economists, public health experts and modellers from the Australian National University found the ...
More »Curtin uni researchers unveil new trial of heart drug to treat Alzheimer’s
In a world first, researchers will trial the use of a cardiovascular medication to treat Alzheimer's disease. The study is based on the discovery that probucol, a drug used to manage high cholesterol, may be able to decrease the inflammation ...
More »7-Eleven urges quick change to student visa program over exploitation risks
Major fuel and convenience retailer 7-Eleven says the federal government should scrap capped working hours for foreign students as it is leading to vulnerable people being exploited within the workforce. Fronting a senate committee into Australia’s temporary migration program, 7-Eleven chief ...
More »Chinese has the potential to become a more prominent ‘global language’
As China's global influence continues to increase, an Australian academic says that Chinese has the potential to become a more prominent global language. In his new book, The Rise of Chinese as a Global Language: Prospects and Obstacles, Flinders University ...
More »USyd leads clinical trials of new Covid-19 vaccine that doesn’t involve needles
Australian volunteers are being sought to participate in a clinical trial involving a needle-free Covid-19 vaccine. Phase 1, being human trials, for COVALIA began this week at participating institutes the Scientia Clinical Research in Sydney, the Telethon Kids Institute in ...
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