Identification of a pre-cancerous state in the blood
10 December, 2014US researchers have uncovered a 'pre-malignant' state in the blood that significantly increases the likelihood that an individual will develop blood cancers such as leukaemia, lymphoma or myelodysplastic syndrome.
CRC to manage space debris
03 December, 2014Following the receipt of $19.8 million in government funding, the CRC for Space Environment Management will bring together experts from around the world to look at ways to protect around 3000 operational satellites from space debris.
The constants are still constant
01 December, 2014Researchers have improved the constraints on time-variation of fundamental constants by making measurements of two optical clock transitions in the same atom (ytterbium). Their experiments have shown that one essential fundamental constant - the mass ratio of protons to electrons - can have changed only by a maximum of one part in a million over the age of our solar system.
Coin-sized device could detect gravitational waves
01 December, 2014Physicists from The University of Western Australia have invented a tiny detector, about the size of a coin, which they claim could observe gravitational waves - ripples in space-time generated by accelerating massive objects.
Did gravity save the universe after the Big Bang?
19 November, 2014European physicists have put forward an explanation as to why the universe did not collapse immediately after the Big Bang. Their theory follows studies which suggest that the production of Higgs particles during the accelerating expansion of the very early universe (inflation) should have led to instability and collapse.
A meeting of the minds
13 November, 2014 by Lauren DavisAn international research collaboration has built a pathway that makes brain-to-brain communication possible - with a little help from the internet.
Bone drugs have anticancer properties
07 November, 2014A study led by the Garvan Institute of Medical Research has shown why calcium-binding drugs commonly used to treat people with osteoporosis, or with late-stage cancers that have spread to bone, may also benefit patients with tumours outside the skeleton.
Slipstreaming reduces drag for horses, too
31 October, 2014In the lead-up to the 2014 Melbourne Cup, RMIT researchers have revealed a tip for those jockeys looking to reduce drag on a horse during a race.
No evidence of arthritis in Egyptian mummies
27 October, 2014Researchers have disputed the claim that ancient Egyptian royal families suffered from the systemic disease ankylosing spondylitis, which causes inflammation of the spinal joints.
Ancient roots of the mammalian immune response
24 October, 2014
An unsuspected link between the mammalian immune system and the communication systems of simpler organisms such as bacteria has been uncovered.
A breath test for dolphins
20 October, 2014US engineers have developed a new device for collecting dolphin breath for analysis, which could make it easier to check the animals' health.
Low-cost technique to detect rotavirus
08 October, 2014Researchers at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) have found a new, low-cost way to enhance detection capacity of small concentrations of rotavirus - a sphere-shaped virus up to 75 nm in diameter that has the appearance of a wheel, seen from an electron microscope.
Things can be real, or certain, but not both
29 September, 2014Experimenting within quantum theory is an extremely complex process, where common intuitions are regularly inverted within shifting reality. Over the years, several quantum features and methods of their study have been identified.
Omega 3 is good for your sperm
25 September, 2014Australian researchers have found that omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 LC-PUFA), long recognised for helping to prevent heart disease, have another beneficial role to play: increasing the chance of paternity success.
Pupil size shows precision of decisions
19 September, 2014Researchers from Leiden University have found that the precision with which people make decisions can be predicted by measuring pupil size before they are presented with any information about the decision.
