The more chocolate that a country’s citizens eat, the more Nobel prize winners they produce, says an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Columbia University’s Professor Franz Messerli wrote that flavonoids, antioxidants found in cocoa, green tea, ...

The US navy is bankrolling an Australian scientist’s research to slow hemorrhaging and buy time for emergency response teams.  An Australian researcher who developed a suspended animation drug that could save wounded soldiers has been forced to seek funding from ...

The head of a leading private training association, Claire Field, answers the critics of her part of the sector Sometimes when you’re half way through a difficult task it can be hard to remember just why you started it in ...

Access to the national broadband network will reach Melbourne University in the next 12 months as part of the next phase of the $37 billion network’s expansion. Lygon Street, North Ballarat and Melton in Victoria will also gain access to ...

The University of Sydney is set to get a new centre for project leadership thanks to a $20 million donation from engineering services magnate John Grill. The Centre for Project Leadership is to be an industry-oriented centre aimed at undertaking ...

"Open learning is revolutionary… it’s like Wikipedia for courses rather than facts, and will allow free online learning and education to the global community.” Associate Professor Richard Buckland from UNSW commenting on the OpenLearning platform – an online education startup ...

Patients may soon no longer need to fear needles and injections as a study continues to explore the possibilities of edible vaccines. The study, run by researchers from the University of Western Australia (UWA), Ondek and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, ...

Fruits and vegetables rich in fibre can help prevent colon cancer and other cancers of the stomach, a University of Queensland scientist has found. Fibre has long been linked to maintaining a healthy bowel but Dr Anneline Padayachee (right), who ...

Parents from low socio-economic backgrounds are less likely to encourage their children to finish high school, a study has found. Only about six in 10 children from disadvantaged households in Australia currently complete high school, while 90 per cent of ...

Australian research into lighter metals for airplanes is attracting the interest of some of the world’s biggest manufacturers. A team from Monash University is setting the stage for what could be a shift in commercial aviation by creating lighter and ...