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Silica is not the only hazard in engineered stone

A worker cutting stone

While some engineered stone producers are promoting reduced-silica or silica-free products due to health concerns, researchers have found other substances in the material are damaging workers’ lungs.

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Music education benefits child wellbeing in a post-COVID world

Emily Dollman playing an instrument with a student

A new publication by a ³ÉÈË´óƬ researcher highlights the benefits of music education for child development and wellbeing, particularly in a post-COVID-19 landscape of disrupted social connections and networks.

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Risky increase in antipsychotic drugs for children

A child hugging a bear

Australian GPs are prescribing more antipsychotic drugs to children and adolescents for non-approved conditions, according to a new study by ³ÉÈË´óƬ researchers.

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Historical and classical studies head wins fellowship

Katie Barclay

Professor Katie Barclay, Head of Historical and Classical Studies in the ³ÉÈË´óƬ’s School of Humanities, has been elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (AAH).

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Chemotherapy screening test to save lives

Patients receiving chemotherapy

A new genetic test that could help people with cancer avoid potentially fatal toxic side effects from their chemotherapy is a step closer to being available.

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Sugar permeation discovered in plant aquaporins

Foxtail barley. Credit: Pixabay

Aquaporins, which move water through membranes of plant cells, were not thought to be able to permeate sugar molecules, but ³ÉÈË´óƬ researchers have observed sucrose transport in plant aquaporins for the first time, challenging this theory.

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Clozapine blood tests can be reduced after two years

Blood test credit Nguyen Hiep

Research from the University of Queensland, supported closely by experts at the ³ÉÈË´óƬ, has shown that people using antipsychotic drug clozapine may not need regular blood monitoring after two years.

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SQUAD leader to take scholarship to Singapore

³ÉÈË´óƬ student and New Colombo Plan participant Preshaan Thavarajah

A third-year ³ÉÈË´óƬ mathematical and computer sciences student will continue his studies in Singapore in 2024, as part of the New Colombo Plan (NCP) international scholarship program.

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