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New secure tech keeping parents connected with their premature babies

Our new, secure videostreaming trial with Townsville Hospital is helping parents stay connected with their premature babies during extended hospital stays.

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Do you have farm animals as pets? Then you need to know about biosecurity

Do you keep pet pugs, chickens, or other farm animals as pets? We have some tips to make sure they don't become a biosecurity risk.

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Lactose on the tip of our virtual tongue

Got milk? Our Cybertongue technology can ‘taste’ milk to rapidly detect lactose and spoilage.

From the trenches to today, the superbug war never ends

The world needs new, stronger antibiotics. We’re helping an Australian company make a powerful candidate commercially viable.

Keeping devi-ANTS away from Lord Howe Island

We’ve eradicated an exotic invasive ant species off a world heritage listed island.

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Don’t resist resistance: get lifting as you get older

We’re shredding some light on exercise for weight loss for Australian adults.

Healthier rice is extra nice

Everybody loves rice. Everybody loves to be healthy. We’ve discovered a way to combine those two loves.

Shockwave technology tenderises meat and improves eating quality of cheaper cuts, scientists say

Scientists have found the eating quality of tough cuts of meat like shank, silverside and chuck steak can be improved using shockwave technology, in what could be a win for farmers and consumers.

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Is my gut healthy?

Gut health is a hot topic but misinformation spreads faster than gastro in a school. We’re here to set the record straight.

Get into our good books with science for kids

Kids are full of questions and reading about science at a young age can help them answer those questions and set them up for life. To get you started, we've picked out our top kids science books for Australian Reading Hour.

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Clean reading: how to spot a fad diet

Our obsession with documenting our pre-masticated pears may inspire some to get creative in the kitchen but unfortunately, it’s also leading others down a destructive path. We've got four tips for sorting the fab diets from the fad diets.

Top four food trends you’ll soon see on supermarket shelves

Some food trends come and go (we’re looking at you salted caramel) but some are much more long-term because they’re based on science.

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