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Former PM returns to geopolitics at annual lecture
Former Prime Minster of Australia the Honourable Julia Gillard AC will discuss with a panel of University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø experts how the rapidly changing geopolitical environment and rise of disinformation is impacting Australia at her annual public lecture.
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Australian cattle helping to meet Indonesia’s rising dairy demand
University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø researchers are assessing opportunities for Australia’s live export industry to respond to Indonesia’s plan to substantially increase its dairy cattle imports, under the Indonesian Government’s .
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Highlighting the youth voice in wellbeing solutions
Researchers from the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø have taken a closer look at what is important to Australia's young people in a new report.
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Improving the quality of life for men with breast cancer
Each year, 200 men or people assigned male at birth are diagnosed with breast cancer in Australia. With breast cancer often being considered solely a woman’s disease and no screening program in place, many men receive their cancer news while investigating unrelated conditions or after noticing a lump behind their nipple. University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø Medical School PhD candidate Dr Steve Kinsey-Trotman is researching how a breast cancer diagnosis impacts men’s quality of life.
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New research reveals Australia’s rapid red fox invasion
One of Australia’s most devastating invasive predators took just 60 years to colonise the whole continent, according to new research from Curtin University and the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø that offers vital clues to preventing future extinctions of native animals from foxes.
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New investment targets better treatments for back pain
Australian MedTech company Evolution Surgical will invest $2 million over the next decade in partnership with the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø to advance research into spinal conditions such as lower back pain, scoliosis, and degenerative cervical myelopathy – the most common non-traumatic spinal cord injury in older adults.
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Seafood unfairly singled out in microplastics debate
Seafood has received disproportionate attention in media coverage about microplastics, despite evidence that fish and shellfish are not the main source of human exposure, according to a new scientific review.
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Research ties fossil fuel projects to warming, climate disasters
An emissions-impact calculation method used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been employed to assess the amount of warming a single Australian fossil fuel project will cause based on its projected CO2 emissions, and the follow-on impacts to human health and the environment.
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Genetic study advances understanding of healthy ageing
New research from the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø has explored the genomic links within the index used to measure healthy ageing — Intrinsic capacity (IC), paving the way for potential targeted interventions.
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Australia on board global analogue space mission
A two-week simulated space mission – the only one of its kind in Australia to join concurrent missions around the world – will put a crew through their paces while performing space experiments at the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø.
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