Woman holding asthma inhaler to her mouth

A subtype of asthma in adults may cause higher susceptibility to influenza and could result in dangerous flu mutations.

17 February 2021
A gloved hand holds a petri dish with the CBD molecular structure drawn on the lid.

Synthetic cannabidiol, better known as CBD, has been shown for the first time to kill the bacteria responsible for gonorrhoea, meningitis and legionnaires disease.

20 January 2021

Scientists have used tiny diamonds, or nanodiamonds, to measure heat transfer inside living cells, potentially leading to new diagnostic tools and therapies for cancer.

18 January 2021
Image depicts the 1G5.3 antibody (green) bound to both Zika (red) and dengue (blue) NS1 proteins. It's based on structural data but idealised to showing binding to both viral proteins simultaneously. Credit: Daniel Watterson

New treatments to cut the global death rate from dengue, Zika and West Nile viruses could result from research led by The University of Queensland.

8 January 2021