The Australian Government is investing close to $20m to support groundbreaking national research that will give new hope to young people with childhood brain cancers. [ + ]

Maternal stress could leave epigenetic imprints on genes in the placenta associated with cortisol, and this would affect the baby's development from very early stages. [ + ]

Nominations are now open for the 2025 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes, as well as the Prime Minister's Prize for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Knowledge Systems. [ + ]

A new biomarker test identifies very early stages of tau tangle formation, up to a decade before any tau clumps can show up on a brain scan. [ + ]

Agriculture Victoria has confirmed the presence of avian influenza at a poultry property in Euroa, just two days after Agriculture Minister Julie Collins declared that Australia was free of the disease. [ + ]

A common bacteria usually found in the mouth and gastrointestinal tract appears to be abundant in the guts of people with stroke. [ + ]

The AI model works by examining each video frame to find important features of the lungs and assesses the order of the video frames to understand the patterns of the lungs over time. [ + ]

Australia has become the first country outside of the United States to approve the use of the drug pegcetacoplan (SYFOVRE) to slow down the progression of geographic atrophy. [ + ]

Professors Christopher Goodnow and David Nemazee were honoured for their discovery of fundamental mechanisms that prevent B cells from attacking the body's own tissues in autoimmune diseases. [ + ]

Researchers have expanded the colour palette of bioluminescent protein to 20 distinct colours, enabling advanced simultaneous multicolour imaging. [ + ]

Sunburn has traditionally been attributed to UV-induced DNA damage, but it turns out that this is not the full truth. [ + ]

US researchers have revealed the fingerprints of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) within blood samples, which could open the door to simple tests to identify babies at risk. [ + ]

Two international studies have revealed hundreds of previously unknown genetic links to depression, which could allow scientists to predict depression risk as well as pave the way for more effective treatments. [ + ]

Medical conditions that deprive the testes of oxygen, such as sleep apnoea, may be contributing to the decline in male fertility observed over the past 50 years. [ + ]

Unlike traditional thermometers, the Rydberg thermometer doesn't need to be adjusted or calibrated at the factory as it relies inherently on the basic principles of quantum physics. [ + ]