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Queensland researchers are optimistic a world-first trial will revolutionise the recovery for people with new spinal cord injuries.
Topics: research, science-and-technology, medical-research, brisbane-4000, qld
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The University of Tasmania launches a nationwide project to improve the treatment of chronic wounds in Australia.
Topics: health, science-and-technology, research, hobart-7000, tas
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Nearly one hundred years since hunting reduced koalas' local range to isolated pockets, groups are teaming up to re-introduce them to central Queensland.
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Radio transmitters are inserted into the stomachs of 24 feedlot cattle to monitor their body temperatures, as part of trial investigating the impact of heatwaves on the animals, with an aim to improve their welfare and performance.
Topics: farm-labour, human-interest, animals, livestock, animal-science, animal-behaviour, research, science-and-technology, phenomena, weather, beef-cattle, gatton-4343, toowoomba-4350
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| UpdatedMore than 50 scientists from around the world arrive in Hobart after completing the first leg of a three-month voyage around Antarctica.
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Scientists mapping a melting glacier in East Antarctica hope to build a picture of climate evolution over hundreds of thousands of years.
Topics: climate-change, research, antarctica, hobart-7000
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Sea turtles have a remarkable ability to find their way home, and new research from James Cook University has partly revealed their secret.
Topics: environment, environmental-impact, environmental-policy, environment-education, environmental-health, science-and-technology, research, research-organisations, townsville-4810, james-cook-university-townsville-4811, gladstone-4680, qld
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New research finds that eating junk food while drunk could be driven by the effect alcohol has on a small region of the brain.
Topics: alcohol, drug-use, health, medical-research, research, science-and-technology, australia
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Shrub gardens aren't known for their looks, but a Melbourne University research project aims to create a garden that is equal parts beautiful and hardy right in the heart of the city.
Topics: shrub, natives, gardening, research, environmental-management, urban-development-and-planning, university-and-further-education, melbourne-3000
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Scientists taking part in the world's largest all-female expedition to Antarctica have returned home after spending almost three weeks at the south pole.
Topics: research, women, antarctica
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The Australian Oilseeds Federation is looking at options to market canola oil as a fit-for-purpose product in the hope it will boost sales.
Topics: oilseeds, agricultural-crops, rural, food-and-cooking, agricultural-marketing, agribusiness, research, wa, perth-6000, kojonup-6395
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Astronomers say highly energetic bursts of radio waves found emitted from deep space came from a dwarf galaxy billions of light years away, a game-changing breakthrough that could help us understand what is in the voids between galaxies.
Topics: astronomy-space, space-exploration, science-and-technology, the-universe, research, planets-and-asteroids, australia
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The rapid growth of the wing length of the ringneck, or twenty-eight parrot, could be due to climate change, Western Australian researchers believe.
Topics: birds, research, climate-change, wa
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The CSIRO talks up new technology that looks like a strange robot on a tricycle, but will save time in the field.
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| UpdatedMurdoch University's extensive research projects are hoped to benefit farmers.
Topics: veterinary-medicine, rural, beef-cattle, livestock, education, university-and-further-education, research, murdoch-university-6150, perth-6000
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| UpdatedSilkworm cocoons may hold the key to preventing millions of people from going blind around the world, with researchers using the silk casings to make implants for those with Age-related Macular Degeneration.
Topics: eyes, animals, research, medical-research, research-organisations, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedUnder the icy continent known the world over for its white landscapes, scientists discover a technicolour underwater ecosystem, and all by accident.
Topics: environment, animal-science, research, antarctica, hobart-7000
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A report into the January fires which ripped through the Tasmanian wilderness says more research is needed to prevent future blazes which are likely to be more intense and frequent.
Topics: bushfire, disasters-and-accidents, fires, science-and-technology, research, tas
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QIMR Berghofer, one of Australia's largest medical research institutes, is offering its female scientists with young child an annual lump sum payment of $10,000 as part of a new scheme to keep them in work.
Topics: women, medical-research, research, health, science-and-technology, brisbane-4000, australia
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Australian researchers shed new light on the vulnerability of the Totten Glacier.
Topics: research, climate-change, science-and-technology, antarctica