Breakthrough Discovery Could Help Electronic Devices Last Longer
The research could lead to electronics being designed with better endurance. University of Sydney researchers have made a significant discovery in the field of materials…
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64% of Farmland at Risk of Pesticide Pollution – Revealed in Global Map of Agricultural Land Across 168 Countries
Global Pesticide Use Is Set to Increase A global map of agricultural land across 168 countries has revealed that 64 percent of land used for…
Killer of Critically Endangered Christmas Island Reptile Identified
Bacterium responsible for deaths of critically endangered species. With wild populations decimated, Lister’s gecko and the blue-tailed skink only exist in captivity. University of Sydney…
Huge Decrease in Second-Wave COVID Mortality in Wealthier Areas
Mathematical analysis of Europe and US deaths shows change from first wave. Wealthier northeastern US states and Western European countries tended to have significantly lower…
Researchers Find Belly Fat Is Resistant to Intermittent Fasting – “The Location Makes a Big Difference”
Studies in mice show fat location matters for intermittent fasting. In a mouse study, Australian researchers have mapped out what happens behind the scenes in…
Student Astronomer Uses Ingenious Method to Find Galactic Missing Matter
Distant galaxies used as ‘locator pins’ to detect ‘invisible’ gas cloud. Half of the universe’s matter is ‘missing,’ but PhD student Yuanming Wang has developed…
A Threat to Business and Financial Markets: Misuse of Climate Data
Why businesses need the climate-equivalent of a ‘weather service.’ The findings are published in the prestigious journal, Nature Climate Change, and calls on businesses, the financial…
A Billion Years in 40 Seconds: Mesmerizing Video Reveals the Evolution Our Dynamic Planet
New research helps understand how plate tectonics powers life on Earth. Plate tectonics are responsible for the deep-carbon and deep-water cycles. Arrangement of continents has…
World-First Study Reveals Human Activity Forces Animals to Move 70% Further to Survive
World-first study shows episodic human events trigger animal movement. For the first time, scientists have calculated the global impact of human activity on animal movement,…
Secret of Australia’s Volcanoes Revealed: Why Has the East Coast Had Hundreds of Volcanoes Since the Dinosaur Age?
Australia’s east coast is littered with the remnants of hundreds of volcanoes — the most recent just a few thousand years old — and scientists…
Stellar Flares With a Chance of Radio Bursts: Space Weather Discovery Puts “Habitable Planets” at Risk
Stellar Flares With a Chance of Radio Bursts: The Weather From Proxima Centauri A discovery that links stellar flares with radio-burst signatures will make it…
Landmark Study: Cannabidiol (CBD) in Cannabis Does Not Impair Driving
Research shows cannabidiol safe for driving and THC effects fade in hours. A landmark study on how cannabis affects driving ability has shown that cannabidiol…
AI and Photonics Decipher the “Twinkle” of Stars to Make It Easier to Find “New Earths”
Australian Scientists’ Invention Will Decipher the ‘Twinkle’ of Stars Australian scientists have developed a new type of sensor to measure and correct the distortion of…
In the Eye of a Ferocious Stellar Cyclone: Bizarre Secrets of a Ticking Time-Bomb Star
While on COVID lockdown, a University of Sydney undergraduate honors student has written a research paper on a star system dubbed one of the “exotic…
Testing Underway for Novel DNA-Based COVID-19 Vaccine Delivered via Needle-Free System
Partnership to test SARS-CoV2 DNA vaccine in healthy Australians. The University of Sydney is testing a novel DNA-based COVID-19 vaccine with the goal of being…
Angels in Disguise: Angelfish Produce Hybrid Offspring More Than Any Other Coral Reef Species
There Are Many More Angelfishes in the Sea Why do some fish species form hybrids while others don’t? In attempting to answer this question, new…
Quantum Algorithm Developed to Characterize Noise Across Large-Scale Quantum Computers
Australian and North American physicists display rigorous, scalable diagnostic tool. Noise is the main obstacle to building large-scale quantum computers. To tame the noise (interference…
The Stars That Time Forgot: Remnant of Strange Dismembered Star Cluster Discovered at Galaxy’s Edge
Led by PhD student Zhen Wan and his supervisor Professor Geraint Lewis, an international team of astronomers has found a shredded globular cluster on the…