#sydney_uni — Public Fediverse posts

🏭 Need an expert on the NetZero transition?

📢 Chat to our #EXPERTSPOTLIGHT Dr Niranjika Wijesooriya-Gunarathne from #Sydney_Uni

⚡ She can help with all things transitional energy, and you can find her contact details here: https://www.scimex.org/experts?a=1198931

📴 Writing a story on the social media ban?

🔦 Chat to today's #EXPERTSPOTLIGHT Dr Melody Taba from #Sydney_Uni

🤳 Melody is an expert in digital health literacy and young people

🔎 Contact details here: https://www.scimex.org/experts?a=1193252

📏 Obesity and the health risks that go with it can be present even without a particularly high body weight, according to #CharlesSturtUni #westernsydneyu #UNSW #Macquarie_Uni #Sydney_Uni #Uni_Newcastle #MonashUni #Griffith_Uni

✨Follow the link for more information on this story✨
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/one-in-five-people-with-a-normal-bmi-could-have-obesity-and-the-risks-that-go-with-it

#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #obesity #bmi

💊 The Trump administration has outlined an update to the use of the drug #leucovorin to include being used for the treatment of cerebral folate deficiency, which they state has been associated with #autism

Experts from #latrobe #TheKids_AU #Sydney_Uni #UniMelb #MCRI_for_kids and #SCU respond:
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/expert-reaction-trumps-proposed-treatment-for-autism

#science #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #autism

📱 The Federal Government has published the final report of the independent Age Assurance Technology Trial, and experts from #RMIT #Uni_Newcastle #UNSW #Sydney_Uni #CurtinUni #Griffith_Uni #latrobe #UniMelb #Swinburne #ANUmedia respond

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/expert-reaction-age-verification-trial-results-to-enable-kids-social-media-ban

#science #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #learning #socialmedia #socialmediaban

💊 Newly prescribed meds for people with #ADHD has been linked with significantly reduced risks of suicidal behaviours, substance misuse, traffic accidents and criminal behaviour

W/ expert commentary from #Sydney_Uni #UniofAdelaide #UniversitySA #UniMelb #CurtinUni #MCRI_for_kids #EdithCowanUni

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/adhd-meds-linked-to-reduced-risk-of-suicide-drug-abuse-transport-accidents-and-criminal-behaviour

💊 A survey of people living with eating disorders to date has revealed some surprising insights into how people view prescription and (self-medicated) non-prescription drugs, says #Sydney_Uni

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/psychedelics-and-cannabis-offer-treatment-hope-for-people-with-eating-disorders

💻 Online exercise clinic TOP UP has improved mobility by 17%, reduced pain by 10%, and lowered fall risk for older Australians from Bondi to the back of Bourke, says #Sydney_Uni

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/defying-gravity-online-physio-program-brings-fall-prevention-into-the-home

🦇 New research by #Sydney_Uni #Griffith_Uni and #WestmeadInst offers important insights into how and when new coronavirus variants arise in bats

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/co-infections-in-young-bats-could-underpin-coronavirus-emergence

🐀 A promising new #COVID-19 #vaccine candidate developed by #CentenaryInst #Sydney_Uni has shown strong potential to protect against both current and emerging coronavirus variants in a #mousestudy

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/new-covid-19-vaccine-candidate-shows-strong-protection-against-multiple-variants

🧠 A genetic variant known as APOE ε4 has, until now, been considered the strongest genetic risk factor for late-onset #Alzheimer’s disease, say #WestmeadInst #Sydney_Uni

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/new-study-rethinks-role-of-genetic-variant-in-late-onset-alzheimers-parkinsons-and-other-neurodegenerative-diseases

🧠 23 percent of young people presenting to care for mood disorders in Sydney were found to have out-of-sync body clocks. The degree of circadian rhythm dysregulation was linked to severity of depression symptoms, say #Sydney_Uni

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/depression-linked-to-internal-jet-lag-study-finds

🔬 #CentenaryInst #Sydney_Uni say their discovery could lead to safer and more effective gene therapies for a range of serious genetic disorders including Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Pompe disease and haemophilia

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/new-route-into-cells-could-make-gene-therapies-safer

👵 Whether you can enjoy healthy ageing depends on where you live, says #Sydney_Uni

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/whether-you-can-enjoy-healthy-ageing-depends-on-where-you-live

🚰 #Sydney_Uni has found that children are at a similar risk of dehydration and hyperthermia in extreme heat as adults, contradicting previous advice that children are more susceptible to heat-related illnesses

https://scimex.org/newsfeed/hot-weather-causes-children-to-sweat-at-the-same-rate-as-adults-study-shows

⚡ Scientists from #Sydney_Uni have developed lightning-produced ammonia in gas form – a new, more efficient method that brings us closer to sustainable production of ammonia and transition to a hydrogen-based economy

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/using-lightning-to-make-ammonia-out-of-thin-air

🦇 A man has died in NSW from a 'rabies-like' lyssavirus after being bitten by a bat. Experts from #MonashUni #Sydney_Uni #UniMelb respond

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/expert-reaction-man-dies-in-nsw-from-lyssavirus-after-bat-bite

Substance use was implicated in more than half of all adult drownings in baths or hot tubs in the last 10 years, according to #UNSW and #Sydney_Uni

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/substance-use-implicated-in-most-adult-bath-related-drownings-ndarc-study-shows

🌞 #UNSW #Sydney_Uni #CurtinUni #UTAS have revealed the alarming impact of heatwaves on pet dogs

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/extreme-heat-linked-to-increased-pet-dog-deaths