Children who strongly dislike fear associated with activities like roller coasters could be more likely to suffer from anxiety disorders, according to research. 

Researchers have developed a novel approach to treating advanced prostate cancer that could be more effective with fewer side effects.

Scientists have made a breakthrough that could lead to new treatments for the crippling childhood disease Friedreich's ataxia.

Asthma and hay fever sufferers are less likely to get the most common type of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma than others, according to research. 

Consumers are coming to the realisation that food increasingly arrives not from 'farm to fork' but 'biotech lab to fork', writes Greg Revell.

Lack of sleep impairs children's working memories, and consequently their abilities to perform various intellectual tasks, according to research. 

The first of a new class of retroviral drugs is showing promise - in clinical trials, the drug was about twice as effective as other anti-HIV medicines.

Scientists are pioneering the use of modified shark antibodies to fight disease.

The prevalence of specific combinations of two or more chronic conditions in members of the Australian population has been explored in a study.

Those who don’t engage in complex mental activity over their lifetime have twice the shrinkage in a key part of the brain in old age, according to research. 

In the past, Australia’s early lead in a new field has often been lost because research teams could not match the size and funding of overseas groups - but all this is changing, writes Merilyn Sleigh.

Australia needs to strengthen its national innovation system, writes Peter Laver.

Research has found that the North Star, Polaris, has been unpredictably changing its vibrations over the last five years, though it was thought to be becoming more stable.

High blood sugar levels may be as important an indicator of poor health as high choesterol levels and blood pressure, according to research. 

A new way to screen for genetic mutations that cause a risk of sudden cardiac death has been developed in New Zealand and will find people older methods missed.