All posts tagged "safety"

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  News and Views

  She’s A Crowd app: Helping to make transport safer for women

  A Melbourne-based startup, She’s A Crowd, is helping government make transport safer for women by shining a light on gender-based violence.

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  Research

  More than half of adolescents practice poor hand hygiene

  Only one in three adolescents are practising appropriate hand hygiene, a new global study involving University of Queensland researchers has found.

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  Research

  Children of young mothers most at risk of child abuse

  Researchers are calling for greater support for young mothers to reduce the incidence of child abuse after their study found children of...

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  Technology

  Keep safe and cool in the pool: novel chip sensor makes swimming pools safer

  A new microchip that enables continuous monitoring of pH and chlorine levels in swimming pools will vastly improve water safety and hygiene...

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  News and Views

  Social media needs to grow up and be transparent about infodemic

  Social media needs to be compelled to be transparent about the extent of its misinformation problem, particularly when it comes to false...

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  Technology

  COVID-19 and transport

  First let me say, I hope you’re all OK out there. The world is going through tough times and a tough examination...

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  Science

  CSIRO to support nation’s bushfire rebuild

  CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, has welcomed its role in delivering practical resilience measures in relation to bushfires and climate change, as...

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  Research

  ‘Look beyond Facebook’ this cyclone, bushfire season

  Social media may be lulling Australians into a false sense of safety around disasters and emergencies, a Charles Darwin University researcher warns.

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  Science

  Scientists invent animal-free testing of lethal neurotoxins

  Animal testing will no longer be required to assess a group of deadly neurotoxins, thanks to University of Queensland-led research.

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  Medicine

  Sepsis plan needs action

  Doctors from Australian institutions including The University of Queensland have called on the government to implement a national action plan to fight...