Three studies,hundreds of kilos:Did we find the weight loss silver bullet?
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Three studies,hundreds of kilos:Did we find the weight loss silver bullet?

Scientists have linked three common and cheap pantry items with significant weight loss. But are these silver bullets as mythical as werewolves?

  • byAngus Dalton

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Does the solution to the aged care crisis lie with Australia’s beekeepers?

Does the solution to the aged care crisis lie with Australia’s beekeepers?

Australia’s population aged 85 and older will more than double over the next two decades. Is a crisis inevitable?

  • byMary Ward
Why Sydney scientists kept two livers alive in a box for a week

Why Sydney scientists kept two livers alive in a box for a week

The world-first study used an organ-preserving machine nicknamed a “liver in a box” that could revolutionise the way scientists trial medicines.

  • byAngus Dalton
The genetic ‘crystal ball’:Would you want to know which disease will kill you?

The genetic ‘crystal ball’:Would you want to know which disease will kill you?

Your risk of cancer,heart attack and Alzheimer’s could be revealed with a swab of saliva. But the burgeoning DNA technology has significant flaws.

  • byAngus Dalton
The tiny killer linked to heart attack,stroke and death

The tiny killer linked to heart attack,stroke and death

A world-first study has identified a factor that leads to a 4½-times greater risk of heart attack,stroke and death – and exposure is unavoidable.

  • byAngus Dalton
University wealth ‘tax’ proposed in landmark report calling for funding overhaul

University wealth ‘tax’ proposed in landmark report calling for funding overhaul

The prestigious Group of Eight is opposed to a levy to fund infrastructure across the sector,as a 400-page report declares the current funding model is broken.

  • byLisa Visentin
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Overhaul of melanoma detection could help high-risk patients

Overhaul of melanoma detection could help high-risk patients

A program trying to harness AI to radically change how skin cancer is detected is being considered by the Albanese government.

  • byClay Lucas andHenrietta Cook
Do the latest vaccines better protect us from COVID-19?
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Science

Do the latest vaccines better protect us from COVID-19?

For the first time,Australian researchers have sought to put a number on how much better newer vaccines shield us from severe disease.

  • byAngus Dalton
His dad was dying. So Daniel built a world-first artificial heart – with pipes and magnets
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His dad was dying. So Daniel built a world-first artificial heart – with pipes and magnets

Australia will spend $50 million building the world’s first long-term artificial heart,after the original prototype was built with pieces bought from Bunnings.

  • bySherryn Groch
The brightest object in the universe is a sun-eating colossus

The brightest object in the universe is a sun-eating colossus

Australian scientists have discovered the most luminous object in existence – and the fastest-growing black hole.

  • byAngus Dalton
How a ‘vacuum cleaner’ drug could unlock the secret to treating MND
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How a ‘vacuum cleaner’ drug could unlock the secret to treating MND

Scientists across the globe have tried and failed to translate treatments for motor neurone disease from mice to humans. A Sydney team is aiming to be the first.

  • byAngus Thomson