While Australia's rich stocks of raw mineral resources have contributed to the nation's wealth and given us a competitive advantage we are also one of the highest waste producing nations in the world (on a per capita basis).
Environment
Mar 28, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Engineers at the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) at the University of Sheffield have successfully printed a 1.5m-wide prototype unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for a research project looking at 3D ...
Engineering
Mar 28, 2014
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Most of us learned what a prime number is in our early days of math class: An integer divisible only by itself and by one. But what you may not have realized is the search for the rarest of them is an international one, with ...
Mathematics
Mar 28, 2014
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With biofuels being used globally on a wider scale than ever before, scientists are discussing the implications of their use on human and environmental health at the Society of Toxicology (SOT) 53rd Annual Meeting and ToxExpo ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 28, 2014
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Chemists at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) have, for the first time, completely analysed the fingerprint region of the Terahertz spectrum of a biologically relevant molecule in water, in this case, an amino acid. By combining ...
Materials Science
Mar 28, 2014
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The well-known 'nature versus nurture' debate is very familiar to psychologists but has equal importance in molecular biology. Although most research into biological variation focuses on genetic differences among organisms, ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 28, 2014
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BlackBerry reported a steep drop in profit and revenue Friday as it transitions from a smartphone company to a software business under its new chief executive. Shares rose five percent in morning trading as CEO John Chen ...
Business
Mar 28, 2014
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Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) show great potential and versatility in regenerative medicine and new therapeutic approaches to fight disease. Patient-specific, individualized treatments using stem cells have even been ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 28, 2014
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Computer technology that can mine data from social media during times of natural or other disaster could provide invaluable insights for rescue workers and decision makers, according to an international team writing in the ...
Engineering
Mar 28, 2014
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The Center for Technology in Government (CTG) at the University at Albany has released findings from a study assessing the potential socio-economic and financial benefits of enhanced air quality data. The study was sponsored ...
Environment
Mar 28, 2014
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