/newsroom/ en /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/20/improving-the-quality-of-life-for-men-with-breast-cancer Each year, 200 men or people assigned male at birth are diagnosed with breast cancer in Australia. With breast cancer often being considered solely a woman’s disease and no screening program in place, many men receive their cancer news while investigating unrelated conditions or after noticing a lump behind their nipple. University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É Medical School PhD candidate Dr Steve Kinsey-Trotman is researching how a breast cancer diagnosis impacts men’s quality of life. October 20 2025 Rhiannon Koch /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/20/improving-the-quality-of-life-for-men-with-breast-cancer /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/20/new-research-reveals-australias-rapid-red-fox-invasion One of Australia’s most devastating invasive predators took just 60 years to colonise the whole continent, according to new research from Curtin University and the University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É that offers vital clues to preventing future extinctions of native animals from foxes. October 20 2025 Johnny von Einem /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/20/new-research-reveals-australias-rapid-red-fox-invasion /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/17/new-funding-to-help-understand-early-pregnancy-loss The University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É’s Professor Sarah Robertson has secured funding to take a closer look at how immune dysfunction can contribute to early pregnancy loss in Australian women. October 17 2025 Rhiannon Koch /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/17/new-funding-to-help-understand-early-pregnancy-loss /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/17/new-investment-targets-better-treatments-for-back-pain Australian MedTech company Evolution Surgical will invest $2 million over the next decade in partnership with the University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É to advance research into spinal conditions such as lower back pain, scoliosis, and degenerative cervical myelopathy – the most common non-traumatic spinal cord injury in older adults. October 17 2025 Rhiannon Koch /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/17/new-investment-targets-better-treatments-for-back-pain /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/17/seafood-unfairly-singled-out-in-microplastics-debate Seafood has received disproportionate attention in media coverage about microplastics, despite evidence that fish and shellfish are not the main source of human exposure, according to a new scientific review. October 17 2025 Johnny von Einem /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/17/seafood-unfairly-singled-out-in-microplastics-debate /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/14/mens-health-what-we-know-and-where-to-next A public symposium will explore the important and sometimes surprising findings from two of Australia's most comprehensive male cohort studies. October 14 2025 Jessica Stanley /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/14/mens-health-what-we-know-and-where-to-next /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/13/research-ties-fossil-fuel-projects-to-warming-climate-disasters An emissions-impact calculation method used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been employed to assess the amount of warming a single Australian fossil fuel project will cause based on its projected CO2 emissions, and the follow-on impacts to human health and the environment. October 14 2025 Johnny von Einem /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/13/research-ties-fossil-fuel-projects-to-warming-climate-disasters /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/09/genetic-study-advances-understanding-of-healthy-ageing New research from the University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É has explored the genomic links within the index used to measure healthy ageing — Intrinsic capacity (IC), paving the way for potential targeted interventions. October 10 2025 Rhiannon Koch /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/09/genetic-study-advances-understanding-of-healthy-ageing /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/09/australia-on-board-global-analogue-space-mission A two-week simulated space mission – the only one of its kind in Australia to join concurrent missions around the world – will put a crew through their paces while performing space experiments at the University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É. October 10 2025 Rhiannon Koch /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/09/australia-on-board-global-analogue-space-mission /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/07/meningococcal-leaves-long-term-impact-on-adolescent-survivors New research from the University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É has found almost 60 per cent of adolescent invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) survivors have long term psychological conditions in subsequent years. October 7 2025 Rhiannon Koch /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/07/meningococcal-leaves-long-term-impact-on-adolescent-survivors