Australians suffering hearing loss to be heard with new support app
Many of the 3.6 million Australians that suffer from hearing loss will soon have the support of an audiologist via a free app developed by a Curtin-led research team.
Scientists manufacture ‘living blood vessel’
Research led by the University of Sydney has developed a material that mimics the complex structure of naturally occurring blood vessels.
Researcher aims to make lithium ion batteries more eco-friendly
Powering everything from cellphones to electric vehicles, lithium-ion batteries are part of everyday life – but they also wear out eventually, and that comes with a cost to the environment.
Using pets to support healthy ageing – pilot study
Can pets cure loneliness? Research driven by the National Centre for Healthy Ageing (NCHA), a federally funded partnership between Monash University and Peninsula Health...
Kidney function trajectory starts in childhood – Otago study
People who grew up in deprived socioeconomic conditions, or who were overweight in childhood, are more likely to have poorer kidney function in their 30s and 40s and are more at risk of developing chronic kidney disease as they get older...
Surgical masks as good as N95 masks for health-care workers providing routine COVID-19 care
Surgical masks are not inferior to N95 masks for preventing the spread of COVID-19 to health-care workers, says a study led by McMaster University researchers.
Spain to set up Team Base Camp at Massey’s Sport Institute
The Spanish Women’s Football Team, currently ranked sixth in the world, have chosen to base themselves in Palmerston North, using Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University’s Sport Institute...
Noted Indigenous scholar inducted into the Royal Canadian Geographical Society
The entry of Indigenous scholars in highly regarded, longstanding Canadian institutions provides the hope that these institutions may be ready to listen and understand other ways of knowing, notes Chantelle Richmond.
FASS hosts over 300 students from the region at Global Youth Leaders’ Summit 2022
More than 300 students from secondary schools and pre-university institutions discussed global developments and issues at the Global Youth Leaders’ Summit (GYLS) hosted by the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
Turning the corner: Preparing for a world with Alzheimer’s treatment
When the US Food and Drug administration approved Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab in June 2021 — against the advice of its own expert committee...
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