New Evidence That Giant Asteroid Impacts Created the Continents
New research has uncovered the strongest evidence yet that Earth’s continents were formed by giant meteorite impacts, which were especially common during the first billion…
New research has uncovered the strongest evidence yet that Earth’s continents were formed by giant meteorite impacts, which were especially common during the first billion…
Most of what we know about how COVID can affect the brain has come from studies of severe infection. In people with severe COVID, inflammatory…
Curtin University researchers studying a Martian meteorite have found the first evidence of high-intensity damage caused by asteroid impact, in findings that have implications for…
New research has confirmed the frequency of asteroid collisions that formed impact craters on Mars has been consistent over the past 600 million years. The…
Curtin-led research has revealed an increase in levels of both acid and hydrogen sulfide in the ocean was the double whammy that wiped out marine…
Curtin University researchers have helped unravel the enduring mystery of the origins of the Earth’s water, finding the Sun to be a surprising likely source….
In December last year, the media reported an intriguing signal we at the Breakthrough Listen project found in our radio telescope data. Dubbed BLC1, the…
A likely cause of Alzheimer’s disease offers a significant finding that offers potential new prevention and treatment opportunities for Australia’s second-leading cause of death. Ground-breaking…
Curtin scientists are part of an international research team that studied an ancient supervolcano in Indonesia and found such volcanoes remain active and hazardous for…
How would you feel if, after many decades of searching, we finally found signs of extraterrestrial intelligence? Would you be consumed by wonder and excitement,…
Researchers at Curtin revealed how behavioral and ecological factors influence the quality of bee venom, a product widely known for its effective treatment of degenerative…
The mineral pyrite was historically nicknamed fool’s gold because of its deceptive resemblance to the precious metal. The term was often used during the California gold rush…
Curtin University research has found tiny amounts of gold can be trapped inside pyrite, commonly known as ‘fool’s gold’, which would make it much more…
Curtin University research has uncovered the first solid clues about the very beginning of the supercontinent cycle of Earth, finding it was kick-started two billion…
No FDA regulations in place to alert patients when medication is derived from animals. More physicians and pharmacists are advocating for patients to be made…
International research led by geologists from Curtin University has found that a volcanic province in the Indian Ocean was the world’s most continuously active —…
Curtin University-led research has found new evidence to suggest that the Earth’s first continents were not formed by subduction in a modern-like plate tectonics environment…
New Research Finds Earth’s Oldest Asteroid Strike Linked to ‘Big Thaw’ Curtin University scientists have discovered Earth’s oldest asteroid strike occurred at Yarrabubba, in outback…