Three new recreational drugs that have never been reported in Australia before have been identified by chemists at Australia’s only fixed-site drug checking service, CanTEST, located in Canberra.

Physicists measured nuclei bouncing off one another, without sufficient energy to overcome the electrostatic repulsion between the two positively charged nuclei, and found that after the collision, the nuclei had turned into different elements.

Record heat across the world profoundly impacted the global water cycle in 2023, contributing to severe storms, floods, megadroughts and bushfires, new research from The Australian National University (ANU) shows.

People are keen to go to therapy but it can be really difficult to get them in the door. Alysia Robertson wants to make it easier.

The benefits of personalised medicine programs extend far beyond the individual patient.

What is the universe made of? This question has driven astronomers for hundreds of years.

The findings mean patients could respond better to immunotherapy treatment. 

In the search for optimum hydrogen production researchers have found decorating their electrodes with tiny metal flowers boosts the process significantly.

Domestic and family violence spikes during the festive season. Dr Dave Pasalich from the ANU School of Medicine and Psychology says the whole community has a role to play in responding to this crisis.