Latest research council News

Can you drink your fruit and vegetables? How does juice compare to the whole food?
More than half of Australian young people are using strangulation during sex: new research
Nanorobot With Hidden Weapon Kills Cancer Cells
Plastic Free July is a waste of time if the onus is only on consumers
Australia’s ‘Easter bunny’, the bilby, has had its genome fully sequenced
What Makes Good Tree? We Used AI To Ask Birds
Beginnings Of Fashion: Why Do We Wear Clothes?
We finally know why some people got COVID while others didn’t
Extreme psychological distress is a normal response to extreme events – here’s why it’s unhelpful to medicalise distress
‘Things started to look dire’: our deep-dive into past climates sounds a warning for this unique corner of Australia
Recognition Of Research Excellence In US Rankings
A ‘trilobite Pompeii’: perfectly preserved fossils of ancient sea critters found buried in volcanic ash
$4.98m ARC funding brings circular economy training centre to Deakin
Did inbreeding cause the woolly mammoth’s extinction? Our research suggests it was more sudden than that
Government delivers $2 million boost to WA medical researchers
Study shows weak associations between psychiatric symptoms and selected inflammatory biomarkers
New genetic markers for adrenal cancer may predict survival
Devastating coral bleaching will be more common, start earlier and last longer unless we cut emissions
Our ‘frog saunas’ could help save endangered species from the devastating chytrid fungus
Australians will soon only be able to buy vapes from pharmacies. Should New Zealand follow suit?
Reminders boosted COVID vaccine uptake; free rides did not
Independent ARC Board will minimise political interference in research funding
Gardening linked to staying sharp in later life, study finds
ARC Board Appointments
Ua Welcomes Newly Appointed ARC Board
Promising pathway discovered to treat rare childhood brain disease
Scientists Welcome Inaugural ARC Board
ARC Invests In Research Partnerships With Industry
New independent board to end the days of political interference in the Australian Research Council
Fight Late-night Bright Light
Maths makes finding bat roosts much easier, our research shows
Western Sydney University to lead two ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centres
Beyond CRISPR: seekRNA delivers a new pathway for accurate gene editing
Is social media making you unhappy? The answer is not so simple
QUT To Lead ARC Research Hub In IoT For Water
Indigenous education and reading proficiency to benefit from ARC grants
Robots help put brakes on inflammatory diseases: study unveils new automated diagnostic techniques
Extreme wildfires are on the rise globally, powered by the climate crisis
Linkage Projects Support Industry Partnerships
Violence towards refugee and migrant women often goes undetected. We’ve found a way to help fix that
La Trobe Receives $11 Million In ARC Funding
Kids deserve a say on use of digital media
New method to degrade PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ found effective in the lab
The first chemist in history may have been a female perfumer – here’s how the science of scents has changed since
Azithromycin: how to manage while this antibiotic is in short supply for children
Popular Diabetes Drugs May Reduce Risk Of Dementia
Kangaroo teeth grow forever – and keep a record of their owner’s age and sex
$43 Million To Support Strategic Research Partnerships