Queensland researchers are developing world-first plant production techniques that would dramatically boost the number of avocado trees and potentially solve a world shortage. Single avocado tree cuttings are being used to grow 500 new plants in eight to 10 months ...

Black suit jackets were apparently de rigueur at the launch of the Sydney Policy Lab at its CBD campus. By combining multi-disciplinary researchers in what professor Duncan Ivison called a “slightly edgy environment”, the self-described ‘policy powerhouse’ aims to tackle some ...

Distinctive black and white striped seasnakes were once a common sight in the shallow reefs off Queensland and several Pacific islands. Now, these turtle-headed marine snakes are turning black, and its our fault. A team of international researchers, including the University of Sydney’s ...

They’re often perceived as being at odds with each other, but this week, top scientists and bureaucrats happily commingled. In Canberra for Science meets Policymakers, they collaborated on a 10-year plan for our country’s scientific and technological future. Dr Charlie Day from ...

Despite being the third largest ocean in the world, the Indian Ocean is one of the least explored marine environments, says the University of Western Australia’s vice-chancellor, professor Dawn Freshwater. This makes the opening of the Indian Ocean Marine Research ...

UK researchers at the UCL Institute of Neurology have identified a possible new treatment for Parkinson’s. The research, published in The Lancet, shows that from a small safety trial of 62 people with Parkinson’s, the 32 participants injected with exenatide (a ...

For the first time, a team of international scientists have successfully used a specific technology to edit human DNA, to prevent disease. Their study, published in Nature, showed that, through the use of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing, a gene mutation causing hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) could ...

Nothing currently drives the international news and the US policy agenda more than Donald Trump’s prolific, often controversial tweets. So, it makes sense that a team of international researchers, led by QUT, would examine them to determine his personality. By analysing his ...

Everyone has probably heard something akin to the following from a taxi/Uber driver: ‘I worked as an engineer in India and now, here in Australia, the only job I can get is as a driver.’ A newly-released ACER research briefing ...

Since ketamine was first synthesized in 1962 it’s had various medical and recreational uses. Normally used as an anaesthetic, it has particular value in veterinary science due to its ability to sedate animals without suppressing respiration nor cardiovascular functions. Now researchers at the ...