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Forget medals, ancient Games athletes battled for olive oil

The Olympics were only one aspect of sport in ancient Greece - often overlooked is that these Games were part of a circuit of 4 international sporting festivals.

9 May 2025
A stone carving featuring a chariot being pulled by four horses.

Researchers to take healthy oats beyond breakfast

Expanding consumption of oats beyond the usual breakfast bowl of porridge is the aim of a $5.6 million project at the Food and Beverage Accelerator.

9 May 2025
a bowl of porridge sits next to a wooden spoon and a jar of uncooked oats
sunset over a skyline

Mortality rates during heatwaves have been put in the spotlight with research from ¹ú²ú̽»¨ showing a 20 per cent increase in heatwave-related deaths due to human-induced climate change.

18 February 2025
Two scientists in a lab wearing white lab coats

Inaccessible supplies of an element crucial to powering a clean-energy future are set to be unlocked with technology developed by ¹ú²ú̽»¨.

17 February 2025
Rainforest at Cania Gorge in Queensland's North Burnett region.

A ¹ú²ú̽»¨ team has completed one of the most comprehensive surveys of Australia’s subtropical rainforests to document how climate dictates what species thrive in different locations.

17 February 2025
A close up photo of 2 microscope plates showing tiny green seedlings and their roots.

¹ú²ú̽»¨ researchers have for the first time introduced genetic material into plants via their roots, opening a potential pathway for rapid crop improvement.

14 February 2025
a crocodile moves away on a sandy bank

Crocodiles in northern Australia are heating up as the climate warms, with higher body temperatures changing their behaviour.

13 February 2025
Photos of patient's forearm showing the decrease in lesions over a 12-month period.

¹ú²ú̽»¨ researchers have discovered immunotherapy, when used to treat people with advanced cancers, also helps reduce sunspots and skin cancers by at least 65 per cent.

13 February 2025
Person holding cigarettes in one hand and a vape in the other

¹ú²ú̽»¨ researchers have found smoking rates have declined twice as fast in New Zealand as in Australia, suggesting less restrictive regulation on vaping could improve public health outcomes.

12 February 2025
Students sit at a table in a library in Italy as one takes notes

Cultural artefacts and historic sites around the world are being threatened by organised crime groups who traffic the items for lucrative profits, a team of researchers from ¹ú²ú̽»¨ found.

12 February 2025
Sick child in a hospital bed with a drip

¹ú²ú̽»¨ research using 'natural killer' cells may lead to the first new treatment for a devastating childhood cancer in 40 years.

12 February 2025
An erupting volcano at night.

Research on Australian volcanoes shows how tiny crystals formed inside volcanoes offer clues about the formation of rare earth deposits and how we can find more of them.

11 February 2025