Interactive screens from simple principles
Lee Constable looks at how smartphones became smart.
This is an excerpt from a feature article in the latest edition of Cosmos magazine. The most commonly used touchsc...
Things you can tell from Fermi bubbles
Two teams track a massive galactic explosion.
Faint clouds of gas tens of thousands of light-years above the disc of the Milky Way galaxy are revealing evidence of...
News
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Our clothes are wreaking havoc on the oceans
And it’s not just the synthetic fibres.
The fashion industry has come under increasing fire for its impact on the planet, from production to clothes racks an...
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A new wave way to grow biomaterials
Controlling biofilms opens a world of opportunities.
Australian physicists have developed a way to use waves to manipulate the growth of bacteria biofilms – one of the mo...
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Human waves populated the Caribbean islands
And dealing with real waves wasn’t a problem.
Pirates or no pirates, the islands of the Caribbean were settled and resettled by at least three successive waves of ...
Features
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History
William Shockley gets lost in Silicon Valley
He knew how to make, but not how to manage.
Silicon Valley is synonymous with technology. Over the past 50 years, an area of northern California once known for o...
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Conversation
The fascinating history of clinical trials
Tales of Ginseng, TB, rhubarb and coronavirus.
Clinical trials are under way around the world, including in Australia, testing COVID-19 vaccines and treatments. ...
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Snapshot
Watch the art of Roman Hill on film
Fluid dynamics in action can be a visual feast.
Roman Hill’s canvas is eight square millimetres of glass and his media are commonly available: oil, water, ink, paint...
Space
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Research
Things you can tell from Fermi bubbles
Two teams track a massive galactic explosion.
Faint clouds of gas tens of thousands of light-years above the disc of the Milky Way galaxy are revealing evidence of...
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AI and Gaia help identify 2000 young stars
Scientists hope to find clues to galaxy’s origins.
European scientists say an artificial intelligence system analysing data from the Gaia space telescope has identified...
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Did Mars have rings? Will it again?
Moons tell a complicated family story.
Scientists studying the orbits of Mars’ moons have found evidence the Red Planet may once have had rings — and may so...
Technology
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History
William Shockley gets lost in Silicon Valley
He knew how to make, but not how to manage.
Silicon Valley is synonymous with technology. Over the past 50 years, an area of northern California once known for o...
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Focus
Interactive screens from simple principles
Lee Constable looks at how smartphones became smart.
This is an excerpt from a feature article in the latest edition of Cosmos magazine. The most commonly used touchsc...
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Nature
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For female gorillas, size doesn’t matter
Study shows status is the key to reproductive success.
Social status, not size, determines reproductive success for female mountain gorillas, new research shows. Body si...
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For the evolution of smarts, parents matter
Songbird research shows cognitive and survival benefits.
Humans are not the only species that enjoy prolonged childhoods: elephants, whales, dolphins and some bats and birds ...
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Sixth time unlucky
Study suggests hundreds of land species near extinction.
There’s something sobering – terrifying is the more apt word – about a peer-reviewed paper that contains, under the h...
Earth
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Our clothes are wreaking havoc on the oceans
And it’s not just the synthetic fibres.
The fashion industry has come under increasing fire for its impact on the planet, from production to clothes racks an...
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Mangroves threatened by sea level rise
Studying history provides a future warning.
Mangrove ecosystems may cease to function if greenhouse gas emissions aren't reduced, according to a new study publis...
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Scientists identify the ‘cleanest’ air on Earth
Area above the Southern Ocean unscarred by human activity.
The Southern Ocean is the place to breathe deep, it seems. Atmospheric scientists say they have identified a regio...
History
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Human waves populated the Caribbean islands
And dealing with real waves wasn’t a problem.
Pirates or no pirates, the islands of the Caribbean were settled and resettled by at least three successive waves of ...
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Maya monuments and maize in the Americas
Archaeologists make two important discoveries.
Modern technology has helped archaeologists add two more pieces to the puzzle of the history of the Americas. 3D i...
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DNA and the Dead Sea Scrolls
Modern technology used to explore ancient manuscripts.
Scientists are learning more about the Dead Sea Scrolls not by examining the texts but by looking at what they were w...
People
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People really are giving by nature
Even with competing incentives, study finds.
At times, the state of the world could understandably drive one to despair. But we can take solace in the age-old ...
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Conversation
Pandemic boosts big tech transformation
Changes are now moving at warp speed, expert suggests.
The coronavirus pandemic has sped up changes that were already happening across society, from remote learning and wor...
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Health
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Conversation
The fascinating history of clinical trials
Tales of Ginseng, TB, rhubarb and coronavirus.
Clinical trials are under way around the world, including in Australia, testing COVID-19 vaccines and treatments. ...
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Cancer acts like bacteria to resist drugs
Study shows cells accumulate genetic variations.
Cancer cells can turn on error-prone DNA copy pathways to adapt to cancer treatment in much the same way as bacteria ...
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The changing face of cholesterol problems
Levels are dropping in the West but rising in Asia.
High blood cholesterol has increased in lower- and middle-income countries and declined in high-income countries sinc...
Core Sciences
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A new wave way to grow biomaterials
Controlling biofilms opens a world of opportunities.
Australian physicists have developed a way to use waves to manipulate the growth of bacteria biofilms – one of the mo...
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Making water-repellent surfaces toughen up
New approach equips them for the real world.
Superhydrophobic surfaces are smart, but not that tough. They repel water brilliantly but are easy to cut, scratch...
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Watch closely – molecules in motion
Japanese researchers taking filming up a notch.
Japanese chemists say they have captured video of single molecules in motion at 1600 frames per second – 100 times fa...