Medical cannabis is already legal in Australia and has been for a while, a researcher from the University of Sydney has said. Clinical associate professor Nick Lintzeris, from USYD’s Lambert Initiative for research into cannabis-based therapeutics, said there is great ...
More »Viral inventors fan the flames of student creativity
The internet famous inventors behind the Wave Extinguisher are encouraging any university student with wild ideas to pursue, create and innovate. The Wave Extinguisher is a portable device that puts out fire with sound, invented by Seth Robertson and Viet ...
More »Patients, doctors think antibiotic resistance is not their problem: study
Many members of the public are not taking responsibility for their contribution to antibiotic resistance, research from Bond University has found. The World Health Organization has called antibiotic resistance one of the biggest threats to global public health. Over-prescription and ...
More »Research uncovers piece of migraine puzzle
Researchers from the University of Sydney have taken one step forward in uncovering the mystery of the migraine. The underlying causes for migraines are unknown, although there are several theories. New research published in NMR in Biomedicine supports the theory ...
More »Regional, rural women more at risk for partner abuse: research
Research from the University of New England has found women in regional and rural Australia are more likely to be victims of intimate partner violence than those in metropolitan areas. Gina Dillon, from UNE’s school of rural medicine found from data sourced via ...
More »Pregnancy stress ‘affects motor skills’: study
Stress during pregnancy may lead to poor co-ordination in children, West Australian research suggests. Almost 3000 mothers were asked to record stressful incidents in their pregnancies at 18 and 34 weeks. Their children then underwent a series of co-ordination tests ...
More »Copper processing at core of new research hub
The University of Adelaide and the Australian Research Council have launched a major new research hub focused on Australia’s copper industry. Funded by a $2.52 million ARC grant, the ARC Research Hub for Cooper-Uranium aims to test and commercialise new, safe and cost-effective ...
More »Codeine abuse requires holistic response: researcher
Requiring prescriptions for codeine, in a vacuum, is highly unlikely to curb a spike in overdoses, a University of New South Wales researcher has said. This comes after the Therapeutic Goods Administration recommended codeine and all drugs containing codeine, including Panadeine ...
More »Dodgy research a culture problem: expert
Something must be done to change science’s ‘publish or perish’ culture, the chair of the Committee on Publication Ethics has said. Originally coined in the US, publish or perish refers to pressure in academia to rush research into publication to ...
More »First, research sector, admit the problem
Australia must acknowledge it has failed to properly build collaborative partnerships between industry and researchers in order to achieve the kinds of links needed to benefit society, a leading figure has said. Addressing delegates at the Times Higher Education World ...
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