People who experience traumatic events in childhood or adulthood may face a higher risk of developing dementia or having a stroke later in life, according to research in China. The team compared the ...

A new machine learning tool has identified more than 250,000 cancer research papers that may have been produced by so-called “paper mills”. It found more than 250,000 papers with writing patterns ...

The assistance of artificial intelligence for routine mammograms means more cancers are picked up, and fewer diagnoses are made between screens, according to international research. 100,000 women in ...

A prostate cancer treatment that aims to target the cancer without as many side effects has shown promise in a trial of 100 patients, according to Australian researchers. Treating the whole prostate ...

US researchers have breathed a sigh of relief after successfully keeping a patient alive for 48 hours without lungs. In their new paper, the team describe an artificial lung system that they used to ...

A recently identified tree species in Queensland has been given the name ‘zombie’ by scientists who say ambitious assistance is needed to reverse its ‘living dead’ status. A recently identified tree ...

A QUT-led study has found how increasing aridity and habitat variation and the subsequent emergence of grasslands shaped the evolution of modern kangaroos and wallabies. Modern kangaroos did not ...

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As we enter the season of overindulgence, you may want to stick to the dark choccies, as US and Chinese scientists say eating five servings of dark chocolate a week may reduce your risk of type 2 ...

**BRIEFING RECORDING NOW AVAILABLE** Our diets are being displaced around the world by cheaper, ultra-processed foods that are in turn increasing the rate of chronic diseases, according to a series of ...

International researchers have developed a method for making bamboo-based plastic which they say is strong enough to be used for industrial purposes but able to biodegrade in soil within 50 days. The ...

Pioneering research by experts at the University of Sydney, the Baird Institute and the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney has shown that heart muscle cells regrow after a heart attack, opening up ...