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Phoebe Kinrade spends half of her pay trying to manage her long COVID symptoms.

How scientists are planning to stop long COVID in its tracks

In the search for better ways of tackling the debilitating condition, Australian researchers have zeroed in on a newly discovered chink in the virus’s armour.

  • Angus Dalton

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Former ANU vice-chancellor Professor Brian Schmidt.

‘Sugar-daddy’ Trump comes for CSIRO on scientific research funding

The Trump administration is demanding Australian government researchers answer a diversity, gender and climate survey to guarantee funding as experts warn we’ve become overly reliant on the United States.

  • Liam Mannix and Hannah Kennelly
The South African Sanae IV research station in Antarctica where the alleged assault occurred. 

‘Horrible situation’: Nine scientists stuck together for Antarctic winter amid claims of assault

For a continent without permanent residents, Antarctica has been host to a notable amount of crime and misconduct.

  • Zimasa Matiwane and Amelia Nierenberg
Trump’s staffing cuts to a key US meteorological agency threatens data used by Australia to monitor severe weather.

Trump’s attacks on science are a massive blow to Australia. These numbers show why

The ability to track and predict potentially deadly cyclones is just one of the capabilities scientists fear we could lose as the Trump administration guts “woke” scientific research.

  • Angus Dalton
Once Jessie and her partner were both treated for the bacteria that causes BV, Jessie no longer kept experiencing the infection’s return.

This common infection can cause female infertility. It turns out men are ‘the missing link’ in transmission

One in three women experience bacterial vaginosis, but a breakthrough Australian study has found that treating male sexual partners significantly reduces the chance of a recurrence.

  • Wendy Tuohy
Scientists have identified the conditions in which human brain tissue turned into glass after a volcanic eruption.

‘Absolutely mind-blowing’: Human brain turned to glass by volcanic eruption

The finding potentially re-writes our understanding of what happened when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD.

  • Angus Dalton
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University of Sydney professor Georgina Long said the trial would uncover whether the approach she has pioneered to treat melanoma could be used to fight glioblastoma.

Can this melanoma therapy beat brain cancer? We’re about to find out

A world-first clinical trial will investigate whether the experimental treatment given to a former Australian of the Year can treat aggressive tumours in other patients.

  • Angus Thomson
An artist’s depiction of Victoria 120 million years ago. On the left is a Carcharodontosaur, in the centre a Unenlagiinae and right is a Megaraptor.

New fossil finding upends Victoria’s dino ecosystem

A new discovery by a team of volunteers and scientists has unearthed tantalising evidence of a large predatory dinosaur, never before seen in Australia, suggesting our dinosaur ecosystem was “upside down”.

  • Liam Mannix
Microsoft’s new quantum chip is based on a new state of matter and a particle that previously only existed in theory.

Powerful quantum computer just years away after chip breakthrough: Microsoft

The quantum computer, more powerful than all the world’s computers combined, could lead to the development of new drugs and chemicals.

  • Angus Dalton
Renata Bernarde says she uses AI to make sense of her health problems.

ChatGPT will see you now: How AI is revolutionising healthcare

AI models can pass complicated medical exams, read MRI scans and blood tests, and provide diagnoses. But medical bodies and AI developers urge patients to remain cautious.

  • Liam Mannix and Angus Thomson

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