All posts tagged "biology"

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  Adult brains produce new cells in previously undiscovered area

  A University of Queensland discovery may lead to new treatments for anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

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  Warm frogs can beat deadly disease

  Scientists from James Cook University say a disease that has devastated global frog populations can be slowed or stopped by relatively short...

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  New pain management study for dogs

  Just like their owners, man’s best friend can also suffer from osteoarthritis, a type of arthritis that occurs when cartilage at the...

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  How urban seasnakes lost their stripes

  Researchers studying turtle-headed seasnakes living on coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific noticed something unusual about the snakes’ color patterns: seasnakes living in...

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  Expert working to save frogs from extinction

  A University of Canberra researcher is part of a group of experts working to prevent the extinction of frogs that are under...

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  National Sea Simulator in fish saving research

  International researchers have travelled to Townsville to the National Sea Simulator (SeaSim) at the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) as part...

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  Trapdoor spiders crossed Indian Ocean to get to Australia

  An Australian trapdoor spider, which usually moves no further than a couple of metres from where it was hatched, must have travelled...

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  New drug therapy targets in a range of diseases

  Scientists have a better understanding of the immune system at a molecular level, thanks to University of Queensland-led research that may now...

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  Baby reef fish can ‘sniff out’ their relatives before they hatch

  A recent discovery has uncovered that two species of damselfish can recognise their relatives by smell – and it’s all happening before...

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  Fellowship will drive algal bioeconomy

  Molecular biologist Michele Fabris has been awarded one of the first CSIRO fellowships aimed at boosting Australian research capacity in synthetic biology.