21/01/2014

Stop-Go: Controlling the dangers at roadworks

How fast should you drive through a roadwork zone? Have your say as part of a new QUT study looking at driver behaviour and experience around roadwork sites.

Germany says 16 mn email accounts compromised

German authorities said Tuesday the digital identities of 16 million online users had been stolen, compromising their email accounts, linked social media and other services.

Researchers develop energy-dense sugar battery

A Virginia Tech research team has developed a battery that runs on sugar and has an unmatched energy density, a development that could replace conventional batteries with ones that are cheaper, refillable, and biodegradable.

Talking plants… science fiction?

Science is becoming closer emulating the fiction of the Avatar movie, by deciphering plants' electrical signals to devise new holistic environmental biosensors.

New discoveries show biological formation of oxygen in soils

In the 1930s, the ability of green plants to form oxygen through oxidation of water–photosynthesis was discovered. Since then, no other large-scale biological formation of oxygen has been found, until now. New research ...

Too poor to die?

A new report, launched today (Tuesday 21 January) by our Institute for Policy Research, will argue that the current system of state support for funeral costs requires urgent review.

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