Yanran Fan always thought she’d become a lawyer. Instead, she's pursuing a PhD.

Researchers at the John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR) have found a new function of platelets apart from their known role in preventing bleeding and helping us fight off infections.

Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have discovered a previously unknown ability of a group of immune system cells, known as Atypical B cells (ABCs), to fight infectious diseases such as malaria.

In a bid to increase accessibility, a new study by the Australian National University (ANU) School of Medicine and Psychology will look into the viability of the application of psychedelics in a group setting.

This ANU researcher isn’t afraid of shaking things up — making her own volcanic eruptions to better understand how they cause our climate to change.

“We just need to educate people and build awareness of spiders, to show that they’re not actually the bad guys we want them to be.”

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.

The majority of drug-related deaths at Australian music festivals over the past two decades have involved young people combining multiple illicit substances with alcohol, according to a first-of-its-kind study involving an expert from The Australian National University (ANU).