Scientists have previously believed that chemotherapy was the only cause of chemobrain — a cognitive-impairment condition that affects up to 60% of breast cancer patients. [ + ]

Dr Ana Hranilovic has discovered that certain strains of naturally occurring yeasts have beneficial effects in wine production. [ + ]

Researchers have discovered a new human disease and the gene responsible for it. [ + ]

Researchers have shed light on how some cancers are able to escape our immune system, in a breakthrough that has significant implications for the field of immunotherapy. [ + ]

The UNSW Health Translation Hub will deliver education, training and research rooms and expanded ambulatory care clinics in fields such as neuroscience. [ + ]

Genome sequencing is providing significant genetic information for many of the world's plant species; however, more can be achieved through collaboration. [ + ]

Fifteen Australian institutions have received the inaugural Athena SWAN Bronze Awards for improving gender equity and diversity. [ + ]

University of Queensland researchers have developed a test to detect cancer from blood or biopsy tissue. [ + ]

Two Australian scientists have been appointed to assist with the development of a $500 million-dollar synchrotron facility in Mexico. [ + ]

Scientists have developed a new X-ray method which allows them to see inside granular flows — and the findings could have a big impact on numerous industries. [ + ]

'Lonesome George', the last member of the Galapagos giant tortoise species from Pinta Island, died in 2012 — but his legacy will live on in more ways than one. [ + ]

Four Australians were among the winners of MIT Technology Review's Innovators Under 35 Asia Pacific competition for 2019. [ + ]

For over two decades, Australian researchers have been doing something that the vast majority of surgeons globally have been reluctant to do. [ + ]

Researchers and doctors from around the world are in Brisbane this week to attend the 38th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian Neuroscience Society. [ + ]

Two potential treatments — one using X-rays, the other using protons — aim to reduce the side effects of radiation therapy by vastly shrinking the length of a typical session. [ + ]