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Car parking requirements driving up Melbourne property prices, researchers say
Minimum off-street car parking requirements imposed by the state government on apartments in Melbourne are too high and may be inflating the price of property with wasted space delegated to unused parking spaces, Australian researchers have said. A new paper1 published in the Journal of Transport Geography in June, compared car ownership data in select […]
Do COVID-19 lockdowns cause more health harms than the disease itself?
With claims floating around that COVID-19 lockdowns have led to countless deaths and caused more harm than the disease itself, a new review by an international team researchers has examined whether there was any evidence to back up these views. The narrative review1, which was published in BMJ Global Health in July, examined what evidence […]
KangaWoo Watch: Aussie law firm misses the mark with COVID-19 vaccine blog
Melbourne law firm Advocate Me has released a blog post regarding COVID-19 vaccines, lockdowns, government censorship and more which contains a number of inaccuracies despite the firm engaging in what it claims has been a “complete immersion into the facts”. In a blog post entitled “Forces of Nature” published on July 26, Advocate Me’s Sandy […]
Review puts efficacy of muscle relaxants for back pain into question
The efficacy and safety of muscle relaxants to treat low back pain has been thrown into uncertainty thanks to a systematic review by Australian researchers which found there was a lack of solid evidence to back the use of these drugs to reduce pain intensity. The review1, which was published in The BMJ in July, […]
One in five researchers report suppression by funders, study finds
Around one in five scientists report being put under pressure from the bodies funding their research including through suppression, delays and alteration of findings, a new global survey has found. In a paper published in PLOS One earlier this month1, researchers from the University of Newcastle revealed the study was an attempt to understand how […]
Dark matter researchers spot potential high frequency gravitational wave events
A state-of-the-art detector has spotted two rare events which Australian researchers say could come from high frequency gravitational waves originating from a primordial black hole or a cloud of dark matter. In a paper1 published earlier this month, researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics (CDM) and the University of […]
Scientists lock in what anchors our cells in place in step towards new cancer research
Researchers from UNSW have uncovered how tiny anchor-like chains lock our cells in place in a new finding which could promote better cancer research and treatments in the future. In a paper published in Nature Materials earlier this month1, the researchers identified the protein chain used in these tiny anchors, called focal adhesions, which link […]
GPs could help more kids with chronic lung disease get a COVID-19 vaccine
The vast majority of parents of at-risk children diagnosed with chronic lung disease have said advice from their GPs and paediatricians about the COVID-19 vaccine would positively impact their decision to get their kids vaccinated, a new survey has found. The research, conducted by scientists from the University of New South Wales and published in […]
Bingeing on ‘junk’ food changes rats brain activity, study finds
Rats which eat a diet consisting of meat pies, dim sims, chips, cakes, and cookies experience changes in brain activity which affect both their motivation and preference for sugary drinks, Australian researchers have found. The study1, published by UNSW researchers in the journal Appetite earlier this month, found lengthy exposure to what was called a […]
Why tissue pathologists are the changing face of cancer treatment
The use of genomics is changing how the medical sector diagnoses and manages cancer with tissue pathologists lying at the forefront of this evolution, a new review by Australian scientists has found. The review1, published in the journal Pathology in October, scoured through around 130 papers to work out precisely how cancer genomics — the […]