Today's image of southern Australia showing New South Wales and Victoria shows a series of controlled fires.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

May 13, 2013 not rated yet 0

Scientists have developed a new Red List system for identifying ecosystems at high risk of degradation, similar to the influential Red List for the world's threatened species.

Biology - Ecology

May 08, 2013 3 / 5 (2) 0

Most species of gigantic animals that once roamed Australia had disappeared by the time people arrived, a major review of the available evidence has concluded.

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 06, 2013 4.6 / 5 (20) 8 |

The Mountain Pygmy-possum (Burramys parvus) is one of five living species of pygmy-possum, all of which are classified within a single family. It is the largest of the pygmy-possums, and can be easily distinguished ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 30, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

Hydroelectricity is an established power-generation technology with over 100 years of commercial operation. Hydroelectricity is produced when moving water rotates a turbine shaft; this movement is converte ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Apr 18, 2013 3 / 5 (2) 1

(Phys.org) —Taking their inspiration from Nature, scientists at the University of New South Wales have developed a new method for carrying out chemical reduction – an industrial process used to produce ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Mar 25, 2013 4.8 / 5 (4) 2 |

(Phys.org) —A ground-breaking new study challenges popular assumptions about the feeding behaviour of the world's largest predatory fish, the white shark.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 20, 2013 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

Cattle could soon be vaccinated against an abortion-causing parasite, potentially saving the dairy and beef industries billions worldwide thanks to breakthrough Australian research.

Biology - Other

Mar 19, 2013 not rated yet 0

Gambling provides Australian state governments with an average of 7.3% of their own taxes, about $5147 million, according to ABS data for 2010-11.

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Mar 19, 2013 not rated yet 0

As part of a "Lazarus Project" to try to bring the Australian gastric-brooding frog back from extinction a UNSW-led team has succeeded in producing early stage cloned embryos containing the DNA of the frog, ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 15, 2013 4 / 5 (6) 3 |

Researchers from Macquarie University and RMIT have warned about potential major damage to the long-term health of rivers and the local environment following recent changes to New South Wales Government planning rules around ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 15, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

After two recent reports suggesting that exposing bacteria to tea tree oil may contribute to antibiotic resistance in humans, an international study - led by researchers at The University of Western Australia ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Mar 12, 2013 4.3 / 5 (3) 0

New technologies that exploit quantum behavior for computing and other applications are closer than ever to being realized due to recent advances, according to a review article published this week in the ...

Physics - Quantum Physics

Mar 08, 2013 4.2 / 5 (18) 8 |

(Phys.org) —Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) working on the New South Wales south coast have discovered a new species of ancient fish, after unearthing the largest fossilised lobe-finned ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Mar 07, 2013 5 / 5 (6) 6 |

Australia's weather went "on steroids" over a summer that saw an unprecedented heatwave, bushfires and floods, the climate chief said Monday, warning that global warming would only make things worse.

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 04, 2013 3.9 / 5 (7) 21