By Huseyin Sumer, Senior Lecturer in Biotechnology, Swinburne University of Technology
Bita Zaferanloo, Senior Lecturer in Microbial Biotechnology, Swinburne University of Technology
Vito Butardo Jr, Senior Lecturer in Biotechnology, Swinburne University of Technology
Many young Australians are beginning their winter sports season, gearing up for sports such as football, hockey and rugby. Apart from the training sessions, weekend games and oranges at half-time, these contact sports also involve mouthguards.
Mouthguards protect the teeth, gums and jaw from serious injury. But while most parents and coaches insist kids wear them, far fewer think about what happens after the game – and whether mouthguards get cleaned properly.
Our research suggests poor mouthguard…
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By Ian Musgrave, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology, Adelaide University
Tea tree oil has been linked to fertility issues. But the experiments were done in rats. Here’s what else is behind the scary headlines.
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By Guy C. Charlton, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of New England
Timothy Fadgen, Senior Lecturer, Politics and International Relations, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
The US Supreme Court will soon rule on Donald Trump’s attempt to end automatic citizenship rights for people born in the US. It’s not a clear-cut issue in NZ either.
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By David McCooey, Professor of Writing and Literature, Deakin University
We tend to think of repetition, especially with regard to novels and other media, in negative terms. To say a work is formulaic or cliched is to say that it repeats exhausted tropes and plots.
But repetition is central to art. Tradition, character, genre and style are all types of repetition. Repetition is at the heart of various literary forms and modes.
On the Calculation of Volume IV – Solvej Balle, translated by Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell (Faber)
The genre at play in On…
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By Fei Gao, Lecturer in Taxation, Discipline of Accounting, Governance & Regulation, The University of Sydney, University of Sydney
See if you’re among the millions of Australians who’ll probably be better off hanging onto your work receipts for tax time next year.
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By Frank Bongiorno, Director, Vice-Chancellor's Centre for Public Ideas, University of Canberra
Albanese’s Labor government seems to be under little threat politically. But difficult economic times and an insecure global environment are making voters anxious.
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By Tilman Ruff, Honorary Principal Fellow, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
This week in New York, diplomats from almost every nation will convene for a four-week review of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), the most comprehensive nuclear arms agreement in the world.
The stakes could hardly be higher.
Russia, Israel and the United States, all nuclear-armed, are conducting illegal wars of aggression against countries without nuclear weapons. Nuclear-armed India and Pakistan engaged in conflict last year across their disputed border, raising…
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By James Piazza, Liberal Arts Professor of Political Science, Penn State
The moral dimension of political polarization in the US, where each side views the other as immoral, helps fuel attacks like the one against Trump at the Washington Hilton.
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By Jean-Laurent Domingue, Associate Professor, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Axel Ounis, Research assistant, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Emmanuelle Bernheim, Professeure titulaire, Faculté de droit, titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada en santé mentale et accès à la justice | Full Professor, Faculty of Law, Canada Research Chair on Mental Health and Access to Justice, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Arguing that confining and treating people against their will is ‘compassionate’ greatly expands the role of policing in medical matters, often with few limits.
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By Chetan Dave, Professor of Economics, University of Alberta
An economist offers practical steps families can take to improve their financial resilience, starting with the debt they carry right now.
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