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To boost quality of life while aging, stay active or get active by 55

A new study has shown a link between regular exercise during mid-age and physical health later on, even when the exercise routine was not started until the mid-50s.

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Breastfeeding should be recognised as a carbon offset: report

Breastfeeding could be a valuable carbon offset, helping wean us off our economic dependence on commercial milk formula, which causes excessive greenhouse gas emissions.

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Methane emissions from landfill could be turned into sustainable jet fuel in plasma chemistry leap

A new plasma technique developed by researchers at the University of Sydney could help create a circular economy for waste-generated methane emissions.

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To tackle gendered violence, we need to look at drugs, trauma and mental health

We must look at the roots of gendered violence, including the experiences and behaviours of perpetrators, write Dr Siobhan O'Dean, Dr Lucinda Grummitt and Dr Steph Kershaw from the Matilda Centre.

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Crown Princess Mary Scholarship: how a Sydney student met Denmark's Queen

A University of Sydney student came face to face with royalty as she accepted a prestigious scholarship to study in Copenhagen.

Queen Mary of Denmark stands between Crown Princess Mary Scholarship recipients, students Sophia Parada and Matthew Joffe.

Tsetse fly protein provides anti-clotting agent with its own on-off switch

A completely novel way to develop 'surpamolecules' for drug discovery could have application in immunotherapy as well as this breakthrough design for an anticoagulant with on-demand reversibility.

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Where to next in Australia's battle with Elon Musk and X?

Professor Terry Flew, in Digital Communications and Culture, says the Australian government's battle with Elon Musk and X over violent content appears admirable, but will it change anything for those vulnerable to its harm?

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