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Taking a closer look at the flu

Last year was the worst flu season on record and it's coming back around again. As you go off to get our annual flu jab we ask how much do you really know about the flu?

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An App(le) a day keeps the doctor away

Smartphones come with sensors that track behaviours such as our internet history, where we go, music we listen to, and to whom we speak. The habitual nature of people means this data could be used to gain insight into our mental well-being.

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Five hearty facts about your ticker

Our hearts are amazing, finely tuned pumps that work tirelessly to keep us alive. Read on to learn a few choice facts about your ticker.

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Nanoneedles: just what the doctor will order

While med pods are still the realm of sci-fi, our researchers are scouting out some space age next-gen health solutions to help solve Australia’s greatest health challenges.

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Damn that’s delicious: low-carb cook ups

More recipes, more exercises, updated science and flexible food options – our Low-carb Every Day book is bigger and better than ever.

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Blood alcohol level explained (and other tips for keeping it classy this silly season)

Does the 'seal' exist and can you break it? Can you drive if you have one standard drink per hour? We're busting drinking myths this festive season.

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Tech

From magnetic mysteries to medicinal food: our top blogs from 2017

With 2017 coming to an end, we've collected the best science blogs on offer this year.

American woman receives Aussie-made 3D printed implant

Our partnership with Anatomics has led to the first successful implantation of a 3D printed titanium and polymer sternal and rib cage in a New York patient.

Getting the green light for medicinal cannabis research

We're conducting medicinal cannabis research with Cann Group to develop products to treat a range of conditions including childhood epilepsy and loss of appetite in chemotherapy patients.

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The eyes have it: using AI to detect diabetic eye disease

We’ve successfully trialled a world-first AI-based tech for GPs to detect diabetic retinopathy – saving people long waits to see a specialist for screening, and enabling faster treatment.

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Interronauts | Episode 11: Eggs to live birth — how pregnancy evolved, Alzheimer’s link with iron deposits, bonobos don’t overimitate, and Cassini’s grand finale

This fortnight Jesse and Sophie chat about breaking news from Yale on the evolution of pregnancy in marsupials and eutherians (ourselves), childhood learning in apes (bonobos' inability to copy silly stuff), a chat with Dr Olivier Salvado about iron deposits' relationship with Alzheimer's, and finally the living funeral of NASA's Cassini.

A cybernetic future for health: precision nanomedicine, implants, and telling biomarkers

Probing Biosystems, a new platform, seeks to develop and tailor state-of-the-art technologies to monitor personal health on a rapid, real-time basis.

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