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22-Sep-2026

Melbourne joins global consortium to advance drug discovery

University of Melbourne
Business Announcement

The University of Melbourne has joined the Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC) with the establishment of SGC-Melbourne, a new SGC Affiliated Site and the consortium’s only site in Australasia.

22-Sep-2026

Blood test falls short in quest to detect gastric ulcer pain in horses

Adelaide University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study led by Australian veterinarians has exposed the challenge of identifying pain in horses with gastric ulcers and highlights an urgent need to better detect when horses are suffering.

Journal: The Veterinary Journal

22-Sep-2026

Babies born to single mothers by choice have birth outcomes comparable to average

University College London
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The children of single mothers who conceive through medically assisted reproduction (MAR) have similar outcomes to babies of partnered mothers who had conceived naturally, a UCL-led study has found.

Journal: International Journal of Epidemiology

22-Sep-2026

Microplastics can affect the next generation without being passed directly from mother to offspring

Shenyang Agricultural University Collaborative Journals
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Microplastics and nanoplastics are increasingly found throughout aquatic environments, raising concern about whether these tiny particles can move from exposed parents into their offspring. But a new critical review warns that harm observed in the next generation should not automatically be interpreted as evidence that plastic particles were directly transferred from mother to offspring.

Journal: New Contaminants

22-Sep-2026

KAIST finds a way to redirect cell fate with just a single stimulus

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

- Professor Kwang-Hyun Cho's team in the Department of Bio and Brain Engineering develops NUDGE, a general-purpose foundational technology that harnesses cells' own regulatory dynamics

- A single temporary intervention, without permanently altering genes, can switch cells between diverse states in computational models while preserving their native adaptability

- Expected to enable new control strategies spanning stem cell differentiation, aging, autoimmune disease, regenerative medicine, and cancer reversion therapy

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: Ministry of Science and Information and Communication Technology, Korea Dementia Research Center, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Ministry of Science and ICT, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

22-Sep-2026

Can a species evolve fast enough to avoid extinction under a changing climate?

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) suggests that evolution alone is unlikely to prevent population declines for the black-browed albatross under projected climate change.