Latest Australian Research Council News

Not all ultra-processed foods are bad for your health, whatever you might have heard
Paris in spring, Bali in winter. How ‘bucket lists’ help cancer patients handle life and death
Heat is coming for our crops. We have to make them ready
The government wanted to avoid an inquiry into its deportation bill. Given the findings, it’s easy to see why
Senate report on lobbying passes the buck on improving transparency or legislation
UQ hub to enable new range of precision cancer treatments
Many people are feeling ecological grief. How can we help those whose work puts them at risk?
J G Russell Award set to help talented early career researchers
First Nations imprisonment is already at a record high. Unless government policy changes, it will only get worse
How a filmmaker, a pile of old shells and a bunch of amateurs are bringing our oyster reefs back
This group rid one Australian river of its privet problem – and strengthened community along the way
Making merry: how we brought Melbourne’s Merri Creek back from pollution, neglect and weeds
Hundreds of cities have achieved zero road deaths in a year. Here’s how they did it
$22.5 million to support 50 new early career research projects
Industry Laureate Fellowships helping address industry-identified challenges and opportunities
AI can now generate entire songs on demand. What does this mean for music as we know it?
Domestic violence disclosure schemes may not improve safety for victim-survivors of intimate partner violence
Aggressive? Homophobic? Stoic? Here’s what thousands of Australian men told us about modern masculinity
Nutrient research reveals pathway for treating brain disorders
What junior doctors’ unpaid overtime tells us about the toxic side of medicine
National Cabinet has committed to a range of strategies to stop violence against women, but has it done enough?
How evolving landscapes impacted First Peoples’ migration to Australia
Tsetse fly protein provides anti-clotting agent with its own on-off switch
Violence against women is both a legal and cultural problem. What can we do to address it?
Wondering what Australia might look like in a hotter world? Take a glimpse into the distant past
Australia just made a billion-dollar bet on building the world’s first ‘useful’ quantum computer in Brisbane. Will it pay off?
When supplies resume, should governments subsidise drugs like Ozempic for weight loss? We asked 5 experts
Think all chemicals are bad? From our food to your phone, modern life relies on them
Tech-based sexual harassment at work is common, male-dominated and often intended to cause harm
Underwater cultural heritage: why we’re studying ‘orphaned objects’ to work out which shipwrecks they came from
We’re all feeling the collective grief and trauma of violence against women – but this is the progress we have made so far
We reconstructed landscapes that greeted the first humans in Australia around 65,000 years ago
We spoke to young people about sexual consent. They understand the concept, but don’t always ask in the moment
Longer-lasting ozone holes over Antarctica expose seal pups and penguin chicks to much more UV
Ancient nomads you’ve probably never heard of disappeared from Europe 1,000 years ago. Now, DNA analysis reveals how they lived
Most bees don’t die after stinging – and other surprising bee facts
What kind of diner are you? 6 types of diners who avoid plant-based meat dishes
Remember Women Veterans Too
Can a drug like Ozempic help treat addictions to alcohol, opioids or other substances?
Many Australians face losing their homes right now. Here’s how the government should help
Researchers and cave divers bring megafauna secrets to the surface
Gone in a puff of smoke: 52,000 sq km of ‘long unburnt’ Australian habitat has vanished in 40 years
Elon Musk is mad he’s been ordered to remove Sydney church stabbing videos from X. He’d be more furious if he saw…
More than coral: the unseen casualties of record-breaking heat on the Great Barrier Reef
We mapped a massive explosion in space, showing how galaxies ‘pollute’ the cosmos
Two people want to share the job of MP for Higgins. Is it constitutional?
Fake news and misinformation: Sydney universities launch new database
Bringing New Life To Ancient Nut