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Friday 2 October 2026
Inflammation may hold clues to more targeted schizophrenia treatments
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Drones, satellites and AI help scientists watch over Antarctica’s smallest lifeforms
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UOW expert commentary (16 May)
UOW academics provide expert commentary, opinion and analysis on a range of ongoing and breaking news stories
Science and Technology
Supercomputers have revealed the giant ‘pillars of heat’ funnelling diamonds upwards from deep within Earth
Understanding Earth’s internal history can be used to target mineral reserves – not only diamonds, but also crucial minerals such as nickel and rare earth elements
UOW expert commentary (9 May)
UOW academics provide expert commentary, opinion and analysis on a range of ongoing and breaking news stories
UOW expert commentary (2 May)
UOW academics provide expert commentary, opinion and analysis on a range of ongoing and breaking news stories
Health and Medicine
No, you can’t blame all your health issues on ‘high cortisol’. Here’s how the hormone works
Cortisol affects nearly all the cells of our body and is essential for survival
Health and Medicine
My scan shows I have thyroid nodules. Should I be worried?
More and more healthy women and men are found to have thyroid nodules. What are they? And should you be worried about them?