Alcohol produces physiological effects on the human body that can turn safe drivers into potential killers. The reality may be closer to the bone than you think.
Australian neuroscientists are among the leaders in brain research.
The Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine Singing the praises of colony stimulating factors An Australian researcher's discovery of colony stimulating factors led to their widespread use to prevent infection in cancer chemotherapy patients and AIDS patients. Glandular fever, a common disease in teenagers, is caused by the Epstein-Barr virus. Australian research on the Epstein-Barr virus has led to a glandular fever vaccine, which is currently being trialled. Toxic algal blooms pose a serious threat to Australia's already embattled waterways and are the subject of much scientific research. It ranges in scale from cigarette smoke in a house to the photochemical smog that can cover a city.