A team of scientists from the University of Adelaide and the University of Colorado have discovered a receptor in the body’s immune system that increases people’s addiction to drugs such as heroin and morphine. Both the central nervous and immune ...

Having a nice hot cup of cocoa at night not only tastes good but it might assist in decreasing the risk of dementia. A study funded by the Mars confectionary company tested the effect of daily cocoa intake on 90 ...

The world’s richest man has challenged inventors to develop a toilet that doesn’t need water and could also turn human waste into fuel. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has helped inventors with a $US1.3 million ($1.26 million) grant to ...

A study of Fukushima nuclear power plant workers has found almost half remained psychologically distressed three months after the disaster in March 2011, despite low levels of radiation found near the site. The study of nearly 10,000 residents in a ...

Students at the University of Colorado could be packing more than the usual pen and paper, after being told that firearms are welcome back in the classroom. Complying with a State Supreme Court ruling in March that overturned a 1994 ...

Dolphin-like dinosaurs suffered from decompression sickness or “the bends” as a result of their deep dives, Melbourne researchers have discovered. The study by University of Melbourne pathologist Associate Professor John Hayman, published in the journal Naturwissenschaften: Science of Nature, found ...

Synthetic bone technology, developed here in Australia, could herald a major medical breakthrough that revolutionises the treatment of bone defects. We all tend to think of our bones as if they are scaffolding – rigid and fixed, solid, hard and ...

An eminent economist believes the Victorian training policy mess is an example of a text book model banging up against the real world. Around Australia, treasury officials and policy advisers are sitting on review committees reconstructing the VET sector. Unfortunately, ...

A new study shows that one of a GP’s most trusty tools can do more to ease your pain than a pill.  A Curtin University study has shown doctors should wear a stethoscope and surround themselves with “iconic” medical symbols ...

A Murdoch University academic has led calls for the federal government and the opposition to rethink their proposals for asylum seeker policy. Associate Professor Anne Pedersen from the school of psychology said she was disappointed that the two main political ...