Students in Vertical Schools Crave Green Spaces
New high-rise schools need green spaces for students to grow: Secondary students at some of Brisbane and Melbourne’s new inner-city…
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Detecting lung cancer with nanotech
Detecting lung cancer with nanotech: University of Queensland researchers have designed a device that uses a simple blood test to…
Funding boost for Curtin tool to predict chemo effectiveness
Curtin University research to develop an early diagnosis tool predicting how cancer patients will respond to chemotherapy has received a…
A simple change to save thousands of patients with sepsis
A Simple Change to Save Thousands from Sepsis: Changing the way antibiotics are given to adult patients with sepsis will…
Exposure to greenspace may lower risk of certain cancers
Exposure to greenspace may lower risk of certain cancers: A University of Queensland-led study has found a link between exposure…
Alcohol ads flood young people’s social media
Alcohol ads flood young people's social media: Young Australians are being exposed to an alcohol advertisement on social media every…
Study exposes risks of skin cancer in elite swimmers
Only a small proportion of elite swimmers regularly checked their skin for signs of cancer despite being at increased risk,…
Exercise can help slow cognitive decline
University of Queensland research has found exercise can help prevent or slow cognitive decline during ageing. A team led by…
Lab-Grown Mini Organs to Speed Up Disease Treatments
Miniature, lab-created human organs to fast-track new disease treatments: Creating tiny, laboratory grown organs is one of the latest developments…
New super-pure silicon chip opens path to powerful quantum computers
New super-pure silicon chip opens path to powerful quantum computers: Researchers at the Universities of Melbourne and Manchester have invented…