Finally - an answer to one of life’s bigger questions
18 November, 2009Will I stay drier by walking or running in the rain? This handy ap will even calculate what speed you should travel to stay as dry as possible.
Nanoparticle safety questioned
18 November, 2009With two million tons of titanium dioxide nanoparticles being produced each year, the risk of titanium dioxide nanoparticle-induced genotoxicity could be a serious health threat to the community.
Molecular basis for global warming
18 November, 2009A new study indicates that major chemicals most often cited as leading causes of climate change, such as carbon dioxide and methane, are outclassed in their warming potential by compounds receiving less attention.
Biosensor for water, wine and food
01 October, 2009 byCleanFutures AquaSens has secured funding to finalise prototypes and complete testing of a biosensor technology that is set to revolutionise the testing of water, wine and food throughout the world.
Detecting contaminants in water supplies
02 September, 2009Two ORNL researchers have demonstrated that free-living microalgae combined with ‘work-around’ strategies can be used as broad-spectrum automated biosensor systems for continuous monitoring of source drinking water.
Where there’s a wee there’s a way
03 August, 2009Chemical analysis of the wastewater in 96 communities in Oregon has been used to map methamphetamine, cocaine and ‘ecstasy’ drug use. This methodology could be used as a proactive tool by health authorities.
Water analysis solutions
01 August, 2008Agilent Technologies has launched a water analysis solutions website at www.agilent.com/chem/australianwater.
Opening the Curtin on the beginning of life
03 July, 2008A Curtin University discovery challenges fundamental understanding of the processes active in the early history of the Earth. It suggests that life may well have appeared on Earth long before the period of heavy-meteorite bombardment believed by some to have initiated the emergence of life on Earth.
Aircraft bacteria levels and traveller health
02 May, 2008A study measuring bacterial concentrations in cabin air on 12 commercial passenger aircraft has shown that flying may be safer than we think. Elevated levels of bacteria were detected at several intervals during the flight, but they were common residents of human skin, dust and outdoor air.
The role of food in human exposure to antimicrobial resistant bacteria
18 April, 2008The European Food Safety Authority BIOHAZ Panel has launched a public consultation and a call for additional scientific data on the extent of how food serves as a vehicle for antimicrobial resistance.
Bikini corals recover from atomic blast
15 April, 2008Although the corals are flourishing around the atomic blasted Bikini Atoll, some species have not recovered.
Award for Australian seismologist
30 January, 2008A seismologist from The Australian National University (ANU), whose work could help forecast the damage path of future earthquakes, has been honoured by one of the world’s top scientific organisations.
Aussie bedrock indicates origin of earth's atmosphere
06 November, 2007 by Keiran Jones, JournalistCore samples from the Australian outback have helped American scientists piece together the events that spawned our planet's breathable atmosphere
The something in the nothingness
04 October, 2007Recent studies have shown that a vacuum, previously thought of as a state of total nothingness, is really filled with energy-hungry ‘virtual particles’ that could interfere with high energy collision experiments.
What, oh, what are those actinides doing?
22 August, 2007Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are uniting theory, computation and experiment to discover exactly how heavy elements, such as uranium and technetium, interact in their environment.
