Partnership to advance composites science
24 May, 2018Deakin University and Vestas have teamed up to improve the compressive strength of carbon fibre composite materials for wind turbines.
Limiting global warming could preserve biodiversity
21 May, 2018 by Lauren DavisResearchers are pushing for global warming to be limited to 1.5°C, claiming that such a limit could protect hundreds of thousands of insects, plants and animals.
New lab to advance augmented reality research
15 May, 2018CSIRO's Data61 has opened a new facility purpose-built for applied research into novel augmented reality, virtual reality and 3D web technologies.
UniSA's $247m Cancer Research Institute opens
11 May, 2018The University of South Australia's (UniSA) $247 million Cancer Research Institute has opened.
Plants show unexpected response to elevated CO2
01 May, 2018Plants are responding in unexpected ways to increased carbon dioxide in the air, reversing previously well-established patterns.
Emerging technologies could help preserve biodiversity
27 April, 2018 by Mansi GandhiAustralia is one of only two developed countries with 'megadiversity' of plant and animal life.
Pharmacy industry working towards better recycling practices
27 April, 2018 | Supplied by: Ego Pharmaceuticals Pty LtdRepresentatives from 11 manufacturers in the pharmacy industry met this month to discuss the challenges and possible solutions to further closing the loop on recycling.
Galaxies get fat as they age
24 April, 2018Much like people, galaxies fall victim to the middle-aged spread as they get older, becoming less elliptical and more round, according to Australian and US scientists.
Blackrock CerePlex Exilis wireless digital head stage for small animals
17 April, 2018 | Supplied by: SciTech Pty LtdCerePlex Exilis from Blackrock Microsystems is a lightweight, wireless digital head stage that provides a platform for freely behaving small animal models in neuroscience research. It offers high-quality neural data via wireless transmission while keeping an ultralow weight and size, enabling many novel research paradigms.
The road to reproducible research
17 April, 2018 by Mansi GandhiThe reproducibility problem has plagued biomedical science for decades, but it came into the limelight in 2012 when Amgen scientists reported that they couldn't reproduce 47 out of 53 'landmark' publications.
Drug hoped to treat CFS causes impaired immune function — study
28 March, 2018Reports that a drug used to treat autoimmune diseases and cancer could also treat CFS have been refuted by a new Griffith University study.
Aussie zika vaccine begins US trial
28 March, 2018 by Andrew SpenceThe first non-human primate trials of a dual vaccine developed in Australia for the zika and chikungunya viruses are about to begin in the United States.
New brew of beer holds the hops, keeps the flavour
23 March, 2018How would you like to try beer that costs less and has a more consistent flavour? US scientists may have come to your rescue.
Gold-coated nanowires restore visual response in blind mice
09 March, 2018Scientists have restored visual responses in blind mice by transplanting artificial replacements for light-detecting cells into their eyes.
Fighting superbugs with their favourite food
06 March, 2018Adelaide researchers have developed and patented a novel approach to fight superbugs by targeting the bugs' favourite food, iron.
