Lockdown returns: Some ask how far coronavirus measures can go before infringing on human rights
As of this morning, 10 "hot spot" postcodes in Melbourne's suburbs have gone back into Stage 3 coronavirus lockdown.
As of this morning, 10 "hot spot" postcodes in Melbourne's suburbs have gone back into Stage 3 coronavirus lockdown.
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Scientists have pioneered a new technique to produce arrays of sound produced entirely by heat.
General Physics
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URu2Si2 is a metal that belongs to the family of heavy-fermion compounds in which several quantum phases (e.g., magnetism and superconductivity) can compete or coexist. These metals exhibit small energy scales that are easy ...
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in South Korea has found that stimulating production of a certain enzyme in roundworms can increase their lifespan. In their paper published in the journal Science ...
How do you get rid of an invasive fish that is taking over waterways across the globe? With robot predators designed to scare them, of course!
Plants & Animals
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Researchers at the University of Tasmania's Menzies Institute for Medical Research and the School of Medicine have added an arsenal of new tools to their repertoire for fighting the insidious devil facial tumor disease.
Veterinary medicine
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The shape and size of continents control the size of ocean tides on Earth-like planets, according to a new study that simulated the effects of random continental configurations on the energy of tides. The results have implications ...
Earth Sciences
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Studies have shown the Arctic is warming roughly twice as fast as the rest of the world, and its soil holds twice the amount of carbon dioxide as the atmosphere. New research from San Diego State University finds that water ...
Environment
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Tropical plants closer to the equator are most at risk from climate change because it is expected to become too hot for many species to germinate in the next 50 years, UNSW researchers have found.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly altered how people shop, how much they buy, the trips they take outside their homes, and the number of tele-activities—like work, medicine and education—that have become commonplace. ...
Social Sciences
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