Scientists uncover how glioblastoma cells may survive chemotherapy by hijacking a fertility gene that helps them evade treatment, in a study on animals. Researchers hope the discovery could prevent ...

It's been a big year for medical research, with huge stories from weight loss medicines to AI regularly dominating the headlines. The Medical News team at JAMA have nominated their favourite studies ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has once again confirmed there is no link between vaccines and autism, with a new analysis of the evidence. The WHO's Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety ...

Nature has released their list of the top 10 people who shaped science in 2025. The names include a deep sea explorer, a physicist responsible for a new space telescope, several health researchers who ...

**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 ...

BACKGROUND BRIEFING: Bloomin' Algae! The latest science behind the SA algal bloom As we head into summer, many people are wondering what will happen to South Australia's algal bloom that h ...

Digital health technologies give health and aged care systems the opportunity to deliver cost savings, efficiencies, stronger safeguards and more seamless connections to other services. A review of ...

A 13-year-old boy in New Zealand has undergone major surgery after eating 80–100 small neodymium magnets that were purchased on Temu. That's despite the magnets being banned for sale for personal or ...

An upcoming scientific conference, Agents4Science 2025, claims to be the first Open Conference where AI serves as both primary authors and reviewers of the research papers. Organised by researchers at ...

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 ...

International researchers suggest there is a link between a person's IQ at age 18 and their risk of developing alcohol use disorder (AUD). The team looked at close to 600,000 people from the Swedish ...

Being left-handed seems to be an advantage in some sports, according to a study of athletes in world-rankings. Although only 1 in 10 people are left-handed, researchers found that more than 1 in 10 ...