A new machine learning tool has identified more than 250,000 cancer research papers that may have been produced by so-called “paper mills”. It found more than 250,000 papers with writing patterns ...

The assistance of artificial intelligence for routine mammograms means more cancers are picked up, and fewer diagnoses are made between screens, according to international research. 100,000 women in ...

US researchers have breathed a sigh of relief after successfully keeping a patient alive for 48 hours without lungs. In their new paper, the team describe an artificial lung system that they used to ...

People who experience traumatic events in childhood or adulthood may face a higher risk of developing dementia or having a stroke later in life, according to research in China. The team compared the ...

A QUT-led study has found how increasing aridity and habitat variation and the subsequent emergence of grasslands shaped the evolution of modern kangaroos and wallabies. Modern kangaroos did not ...

A prostate cancer treatment that aims to target the cancer without as many side effects has shown promise in a trial of 100 patients, according to Australian researchers. Treating the whole prostate ...

A new national analysis finds that almost a quarter of Aotearoa's peak electricity use could be shifted to off-peak hours. This could save the country $3 billion in power generation and infrastructure ...

Danish scientists say we tend to buy healthier foods after starting to take glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) - the class of diabetes and weight loss drugs that includes Ozempic and ...

US scientists say cancer deaths among the under 50s dropped for every type of cancer between 1990 and 2023, apart from colorectal cancer. The team looked at US health records for the period, during ...

Past research has found a link between alcohol consumption and a condition called atrial fibrillation - an ineffective and irregular heartbeat that leads to a significantly higher risk of stroke, ...

Preventing high blood glucose (pre-diabetes) from turning into type 2 diabetes with lifestyle changes could more than halve the carbon footprint associated with treating the complications of the ...

Human penis size may indicate male attractiveness and fighting ability, with a larger size more attractive to women and more likely to intimidate rivals, according to Australian and South African ...