New research has pinpointed the cellular mechanism responsible for driving the long-observed sex differences in chronic visceral pain. Recently published in the journal Science, the international ...

Australian researchers have discovered a hidden climate superpower of trees. Their bark harbours trillions of microbes that help scrub the air of greenhouse and toxic gases. It’s long been known that ...

Robot-assisted therapy sessions may be just as good as conventional therapy sessions for kids with autism, and may even get more engagement from the kids, according to two international trials. The ...

Prescription medication for ADHD might not affect the attention networks of the brain, according to international researchers. The team looked at brain imaging data of kids aged 8-11, and found that ...

Treatment with semaglutide can reduce the time spent in hospital for patients with cardiovascular disease who are overweight or obese, according to Australian led research. The analysis of previous ...

Switching to self-driving cars could help cut traffic accidents and injuries, avoiding as many as 1 million injuries in the US over the next decade according to international research. The study found ...

AIs are no match for human creativity, with people outperforming generative AIs such as ChatGPT and Claude on a creative word task, according to international research, which found the AIs did even ...

Scientists present a new approach that could empower the immune system to combat cancer cells and pave the way for new treatments for this deadly disease. The new insight stems from an extensive ...

US scientists brought together the existing evidence on cannabis for chronic pain, including more than 2,300 patients, and found that products with higher levels of psychoactive tetrahydrocannabinol ...

Subsidies for green technologies (‘carrots’) may help in the short-term, but punishment policies like charging for carbon emissions (‘sticks’) are likely needed as well to greatly reduce CO2 emissions ...

The bacteria causing travellers' diarrhoea vary in their susceptibility to key antibiotics, depending on which country they come from, according to new international and Australian research. The study ...

Flinders University researchers have uncovered a key biological process behind some stillbirths and identified genetic risk factors. One study, published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and ...