‘We have filed a case under your name’: beware of tax scams
They’ll be everywhere this end of financial year.
By Paul Haskell-Dowland and Nathalie Collins. The end of the financial year is near. So all of us — especially tho...
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Conversation
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A green hydrogen partnership between Australia and Germany
Australia is well positioned for renewable energy exports, but more research needs to be done.
Australia and Germany have agreed to invest in the development of a clean hydrogen supply chain between the two count...
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Conversation
Police debacle with SafeWA COVID tracking app
Police attempted to obtain information from a COVID tracking app – is this legal?
By Tama Leaver. QR code contact-tracing apps are a crucial part of our defence against COVID-19. But their value d...
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Snails carrying tiny computers solve survival mystery
The miniature computers were fixed atop snail shells.
Snails carrying the world’s smallest computers on their shells have helped explain the mystery of their own survival ...
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Chipageddon: the coming sequel
The current global dearth of silicon chips isn’t funny – but there could be worse to come in the ...
The global semiconductor shortage is wreaking havoc on industries from handheld electronics to car making. There is a...
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Overcoming atomic level perovskite defects
Impurities found in the crystal structures of perovskites could be hindering their performance.
A group of Australian and Chinese researchers have found tiny defects – and ways to resolve them – in the atomic stru...
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Video
Protecting human rights from AI
Watch Human Rights Commissioner Ed Santow outline the reasons why an AI commissioner is needed.
Artificial intelligence technology brings the promise of improvements in many areas of life, but it's not without pro...
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Explainer
Explainer: why is a drought contributing to the silicon chip shortage?
What needs to happen to make a silicon chip – and why it needs so much water.
The ongoing computer chip shortage has multifaceted causes, including drought, an uptick in demand following the pand...
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Material with zero thermal expansion
Australian researchers have found an advanced material that doesn’t change size over a huge tempe...
It’s a basic rule of chemistry and physics: when you heat things up, they get bigger. While there are exceptions (lik...
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The surprisingly complicated technology that goes into picking winners
Choosing and gathering an apple is simple for humans, but it’s a task that has frustrated robotic...
This article first appeared in Cosmos Weekly on 4 June 2021. For more stories like this, subscribe to Cosmos Weekly. ...
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Previewing data stored in DNA
A new technique allows researchers to ‘preview’ DNA strands without sequencing them entirely.
DNA stores tremendous amounts of genetic information, but it also has a lot of potential for storing digital data. It...
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Turning textiles into raw materials
We talk to Robert Speight and Adrian Jones about recovering fabric waste at BlockTexx.
If they can’t be used second-hand, is it possible to recycle old clothes? What about recycling other fabrics and text...