Researchers at the Australian National University have found that high blood pressure – albeit within the safe recommended range – could hasten brain ageing. Normal blood pressure is defined by pressure below 120/80, whereas an optimal and healthier blood pressure ...

New research from the Australian National University has found that individuals who base their thinking on “first instincts” are more likely to believe and share misinformation on the COVID-19 pandemic.  COVID-19 misinformation has appeared and been shared since the beginning ...

Autism is a neurological condition affecting an estimated 150,000 Australians, with the disorder diagnosed in roughly one in 160 children. But in what could potentially be a major breakthrough, diagnosing Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) may one day involve a simple ...

As competition to attract the attention of prospective students intensifies, the higher education sector finds itself grappling with the question: Should every academic be required to publish research? The academic world is a major source of discovery and new ideas. ...

A team of University of Queensland researchers have analysed a fossil of a dragon-like reptile that soared above the inland sea that covered much of outback Queensland around 100 million years ago. Known as a pterosaur, it was Australia’s largest ...

A drug commonly used to sedate children receiving treatment in intensive care has been identified as a “possible predictor” of post traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), a study led by the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has found. The study, which ...

Some ten years after Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation therapy provided a new option in the fight against treatment-resistant depression, University of Southern Queensland (USQ) researchers have plans to refine the procedure by using artificial intelligence (AI).  Called Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation ...

Researchers at the Australian National University can now let patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) know five years in advance whether they are at risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease – the most common form of dementia. “The ANU team’s research ...

Neuroscientists and psychologists have developed a video game that provides insights into punishment and why some individuals will try almost anything to avoid it, while others are seemingly unfazed by it. For a long time it has been hypothesised that ...

I grew up in a house where slang was part of our everyday vernacular, something that brought us together in many ways as part of a distinct social class living in a particular moment in time. Beer cans were ‘tinnies’, ...