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The UN's Healthy Ageing 50 recognises 50 leaders who are transforming the world into a better place to grow old. Professor Yun-Hee Jeon is one of only three Australians named.A new United Nations (UN) Decade of Healthy Ageing initiative…

Projects to embed RNA diagnostics within the Australian health system, improve timely dementia diagnoses, and evaluate immunotherapy treatments for a rare yet expensive to treat neurological disorder are among the latest projects…

The first map of the ‘galactic underworld’ – a chart of the corpses of once massive suns that have since collapsed into black holes and neutron stars – has revealed a graveyard that stretches three times the height of the Milky Way, and…

Former School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering student Sarah Qian is a self-confessed foodie and vegan whose graduation story is far from ordinary.After discovering her graduate options of working in the oil and gas, mining, and…

Consumers are staring down a wall of financial uncertainty as interest rates continue to rise and the war in Europe shows no end in sight.Researchers have established a ‘pecking order of defaults’ – bill paying priorities – confirmed by…

The studies, published in leading journals JAMA Internal Medicine and JAMA Neurology, monitored 78, 500 adults with wearable trackers – making these the largest studies to objectively track step count in relation to health outcomes.The…

Researchers from engineering, health, science, music, and media and communications have been announced as ARC Future Fellows, receiving a combined funding amount of $6.5 million to forward impactful research.From quantum computing and…

A study will examine home-grown cannabis in the Australian Capital Territory for medicinal and non/medicinal purposes. The goal is to investigate cannabis consumption, behaviours and attitudes among users.Residents in the Canberra region…

New NHRMC funding will help form closer University of Sydney research partnerships to tackle early diagnosis of cerebral palsy, improving health service delivery and surgeries.University of Sydney academics have been awarded two National…

Minister for Education and Youth, the Hon Jason Clare MP, announced $85 million for 200 projects to support early career researchers. The University was awarded $9.5m to fund 22 up-and-coming researchers. Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)…