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Research projects exploring decision-making, learning and memory, and brain function will open pathways to discovery after being boosted by the Australian Research Council (ARC).

The ability of genes and proteins to protect nerves from degeneration could provide clues to new treatments for Motor Neurone Disease (MND).

Queensland Brain Institute researchers will help develop some of Australia’s most exciting medical bionic discoveries after being announced as major winners at this year’s Bionics Challenge.

The striking pattern of a clownfish could be a way of advertising its place in the hierarchal pecking order.

The clean-up of cellular ‘protein clumps’ could prevent the onset of some types of dementia.

Researchers have discovered a link between obstructive sleep apnoea and an increased risk of developing dementia.

Researchers have found children in disadvantaged communities often go hungry when they attend early education and childcare centres.

Researchers have discovered the human brain’s enhanced processing power may stem from differences in the structure and function of our neurons.

Discovery research into the communication between brain cells could reveal the unknowns surrounding the origins of learning and memory.

Newly discovered cellular hot spots of a potentially toxic protein could open new research avenues into how Alzheimer’s disease progresses in the brain.