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Depression 50% higher in women with PCOS

Depressed person

Women diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) are 1.5 times more likely to have symptoms of clinical depression than women without the condition, a new study from the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇøâ€™s Robinson Research Institute has found. This was the case whether or not women knew they had PCOS.

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Combatting child sex abuse: Research Tuesdays

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Disturbingly, there is considerable evidence to suggest global demand for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is growing.

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Sea snakes show their sensitive side to court potential mates

Sea snakes

Decades of research has revealed the remarkable morphological adaptations of sea snakes to aquatic life, which include paddle-shaped tails, salt-excreting glands, and the ability to breathe through their skin.

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New insights into survival of ancient Western Desert peoples

Western Desert habitats

Researchers at the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø have used more than two decades of satellite-derived environmental data to form hypotheses about the possible foraging habitats of pre-contact Aboriginal peoples living in Australia’s Western Desert.

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Soft tissue measurements critical to hominid reconstruction

Hominid facial reconstruction

Accurate soft tissue measurements are critical when making reconstructions of human ancestors, a new study from the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø and Arizona State University has found.

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On a mission to discover unknown Australian species

Insects image by Gordan Johnson from Pixabay.

Insect expert Dr Erinn Fagan-Jeffries from the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇøâ€™s School of Biological Sciences, has thrown her support behind a new mission launched by the Australian Academy of Science’s Taxonomy Australia, to discover and document all unknown Australian species by 2050.

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New biocontrol research to help prevent mice plagues

Professor Paul Thomas, the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø

Scientists at the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø are partnering with the CSIRO and the Centre for Invasive Species Solutions on breakthrough genetic biocontrol research to help control mice populations and prevent future mice plagues.

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Insights into continuous waves from neutron stars

Neutron star

Australian Researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) team, which includes scientists from the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø, are close to detecting a new type of gravitational wave, which could provide insights into one of the strangest things in the Universe.

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University mourns passing of James Crawford (1948-2021)

His Excellency Judge James Crawford

The University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø has expressed its sorrow following the death of one of its greatest law graduates, His Excellency Judge James Crawford AC SC FBA.

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Wine Industry Mentor Program participants for 2021 announced

Wine business

Sixty-two early career professionals have today been announced as the latest recruits to the Wine Industry Mentor Program following extraordinary numbers of applications for the expanded program.

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