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Free Otago clinic provides life-changing dental care for patients
Experts to examine Darwin hot spots
Ancient worm reveals way to destroy toxic cells in Huntington’s disease
Novel polymer to increase energy density, stability of lithium ion batteries
Monash receives largest share of federal medical research funding
Researchers add order to polymer gels
Novel way to ID disease-resistance genes in chocolate-producing trees found
Genetic typing of a bacterium with biotechnological potential
Third call for Dioscuri Centres
UK among countries threatening overseas species through renewable energy demand
Improved pH probes may help towards cancer treatments
Water metering can reduce consumption by a fifth but only high income households gain financially
Breakthrough Made in Detecting Carbon Impurities in Gallium Nitride Atoms via Light
Developing world’s first AI system to detect bridge deterioration
Could level 2 water restrictions drive up prices?
Innovative heating & cooling products tested in living labs
Alternatives to State foster care need to be seriously considered, Otago researcher says
First-year University course shines a light on language-based discrimination
Otago research reveals past rapid Antarctic ice loss due to ocean warming
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Gulf Coast corals face catastrophe
Artificial cells act more like real thing
University researcher creates space for children to talk about serious issues
Physical forces affect bacteria’s toxin resistance, study finds
Transition to renewable energy needs to consider global threat to species
Weight change between pregnancies is linked to having premature and large at birth babies
Rich, Poor and Social Cooperation
NUS Law launches new Centre for Technology, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence & Law
Household drug may give small babies a better start to life
Improving life support by de-stressing blood cells
Mobile devices blur work and personal privacy raising cyber risks: QUT researcher
New eDNA tool research helps scientists find deep sea corals
Lifelike chemistry created in lab search for ways to study origin of life Researchers develop
New international research project to study religion’s impact on family size and child health
Science delivers more Aussie-grown prawns for Christmas
Think before you ink – hidden risk tattoos may pose to your vision
It’s smoke season – time to review your asthma plan
Asia-wide genome mapping project reveals insights into Asian ancestry and genetic diversity
New Stolen Generations resources to guide GPs, dentists, aged care
Study prompts call for disaster-specific pharmacy legislation
Decoding Dementia 2019 winners
Weill Cornell center will aim to help cognitively impaired seniors
Patient diaries reveal propensity for epileptic seizures
New tool to predict global spread of dengue
Outlook for polar regions in a 2 degrees warmer world
End-of-life care risk for aged care
Multiplexed C dots track cancer cells to improve patient care
Looking for exoplanet life in all right spectra