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Stealth swimmers: the fish that hide behind others to hunt

Aug 8, 2023

In this ‘shadowing’ behaviour, the long, thin trumpetfish uses a non-threatening species of fish, such as parrotfish, as camouflage to get closer to its dinner. The research involved hours of...

Latest in body art? 'Tattoos' for individual cells

Aug 8, 2023

The new technology allows for the first time the placement of optical elements or electronics on live cells with tattoo-like arrays that stick on cells while flexing and conforming to...

Tall Poppy working on a smart solution to heal wounds and prevent scars

Aug 7, 2023

07 August 2023The dramatic rise in the number of people with chronic wounds – a common side effect of diabetes, obesity, vascular and autoimmune diseases – is now costing the...

New app is a step towards helping people with Parkinson’s Disease walk more confidently

Aug 7, 2023

UNSW biomedical engineer, Dr Matthew A Brodie, developed the Walking Tall app in collaboration with people who are living with Parkinson's Disease. Image from Matthew A BrodieA new app, co-designed...

How a cat got people talking about rare neurological diseases

Aug 7, 2023

Phineas the cat has cerebellar hypoplasia that causes his famous 'wobble'. Phineas’s iconic wobbling is caused by cerebellar hypoplasia – a condition that affects his coordination and balance. He has...

Nanopore technology achieves breakthrough in protein variant detection

Aug 5, 2023

A chain of amino acids is captured, unfolded and translocated through an engineered protein nanopore. Oxford Nanopore Technologies to sequence nucleic acids (DNA and RNA). Oxford Nanopore Technologies was launched...

New study finds medications to treat alcohol addiction underused

Aug 4, 2023

New study finds medications to treat alcohol addiction underused Science, Health & TechnologyMedications for alcohol use disorder are underutilized in British Columbia, despite their safety and effectiveness, according to a...

Q&A: Ernesto Semán

Aug 4, 2023

Why should Europeans care about what’s going on in Latin America and the Caribbean? This is clearer in Latin America than anywhere else. “On Latin America: CLR James’ The Black...

EXCLUSIVE-About half of US Republicans could spurn Trump if he is convicted -Reuters/Ipsos poll

Aug 4, 2023

The two-day Reuters/Ipsos poll asked respondents if they would vote for Trump for president next year if he were "convicted of a felony crime by a jury." The new poll...

Genetic variant linked to lower levels of HIV virus in people of African ancestry

Aug 3, 2023

Reported today in Nature, this is the first new genetic variant related to HIV infection discovered in over 25 years of research. But viral load varies widely among infected individuals,...