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Simple on-animal sensors could be a game changer for Australian beef cattle nutrition, according to University of Queensland research. Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation master's student Tamara Freitas-Kirk is using wireless technology and motion detection cameras to monitor individual food intake of a trial herd.

Prostate cancer* is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in Australia and remains a leading cause of death worldwide.

The world-leading Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS), located in Parkville, has welcomed representatives from Consular Corps Melbourne, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Vic

Governments that over-rely on carbon dioxide removal (CDR) to meet their climate targets may be breaching international law, says a new study.

UK becomes the first country to approve CRISPR gene therapy treatment for two inherited blood disorders.

The UK public is complacent when it comes to personal action on climate change and, without intervention, meaningful changes to lifestyles and consumption behaviours will not happen, according to new research by the University of Southampton.

The number of people with addictions has also risen significantly in Austria recently - and there is no end in sight to this trend. Against this background, the book "Sucht. Neue Erkenntnisse und Behandlungswege" is published by MANZ-Verlag as part of MedUni Vienna's "Health Knowledge" series. In it, Gabriele Fischer and Arkadiusz Komorowski from MedUni Vienna's Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy counter traditional ways of thinking with scientifically based facts.

A study of over 12,000 people in the US, comparing Baby Boomers and Millennials, raises concerns about Millennials' diverging financial gains.

Balgrist University Hospital and the University of Zurich have appointed Inge Herrmann, a leading expert in the field of medical technology, to their academic team.

Three internationally renowned scientists have been named Canada Excellence Research Chairs at the University of British Columbia.

The Proteus Innovation Competition challenges teams across Ontario to pitch a commercialization plan for a novel Waterloo technology By Jordan Flemming University Relations Students from the Universit

The U.S. Department of Energy will continue funding research on nuclear fusion at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science.

EXPERT Q&A The Supreme Court heard arguments last week in U.S. v. Rahimi, a case that involves a constitutional challenge to a federal law that strips gun ownership rights from people under domestic violence protection orders.

City dwellers have long had to contend with smog-that ugly haze that hangs over urban areas-as a result of emissions-producing human activities as diverse as manufacturing, mowing the lawn, driving cars, and even cooking. These emissions consist of gases such as carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs), as well as tiny solid particles known as aerosols.

Professor Wit Busza, Instructor Karol Bacik, postdocs Cari Cesarotti and Chao Li, and Pablo Gaston Debenedetti SM '81, PhD '85 honored for contributions to physics.