Researchers from the University of Adelaide have issued a warning about the potential health risks of herbal medicine after a study revealed bak kut teh soup could cause liver failure.  The study analysed four different types of locally purchased packet ...

Changing your mind increases your chances of success, a new study from the University of Queensland reveals, yet people seldom do so. According to the researchers, people tend to change their mind to correct an error they made. "If you ...

Experts have warned we need to do more to mitigate against fluctuating temperatures as a new study showed the link between unstable weather and mortality.  From 2000 to 2019, Monash experts have determined that an average of 1.75 million deaths ...

Nature has a positive impact on both physical and mental health; it reduces stress, relaxes mind and body, increases creativity and boosts focus. Pressure to find funding, publishing deadlines and team management are, among others, a common stress denominator in ...

As of 2019, Australian universities produced about 10 thousand PhD graduates each year, a number that kept growing in the previous 20 years while increasing the competitiveness of the academic job market.  A recent study from the University of Sydney analysed over ...

A new study by UNSW Business school, Yale School of Management and Guanghua School of Management at Peking University reveals that feeling attractive while shopping changes consumer behaviour.  According to senior lecturer in the School of Marketing at UNSW Business ...

New research shows less than a quarter of Australian children and young people are meeting the national physical activity guidelines for their age group, sparking health concerns among professionals. Gathered for the 2022 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children ...

The recently released Global Innovation Index 2021 covering 132 countries highlights that innovation and research continue to grow in spite of COVID-19. In previous times of turbulence innovation has taken a back seat, but this is not the case with ...

Last week, many medical researchers returned to their labs after many of them packed up and left at the start of the COVID-19 isolation back in March. Many scientists turned their attention to studying the virus, and these labs stayed ...

Minister for Education Dan Tehan today announced that the government would fund an early warning system for bushfires in the latest batch of funding through the Australian Research Council. Tehan detailed funding to the tune of $9.5 million for 20 ...