Living matter remains the quintessential puzzle of biological sciences, a question that embodies the intricate complexity and stunning diversity of life forms. A new study suggests that one viable approach to address this ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jan 31, 2025
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Researchers from the University of Waterloo have discovered that a special form of charcoal is highly effective at absorbing toxic chromium and transforming it into its safer form.
Analytical Chemistry
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In Central Australia, the Tjakuṟa (great desert skink, Liopholis kintorei) is a culturally important species for Tjukurpa—the Aṉangu law of caring for each other and the land that supports them.
Plants & Animals
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Museum collections are key to universities' missions to provide education, research, public service and economic development to the state, nationally, and internationally.
Economics & Business
Jan 31, 2025
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Challenging centuries-old assumptions about thermodynamics, a new study published in Physical Review Letters has shown that it is theoretically possible to design a heat engine that achieves maximum power output while approaching ...
January 25 marked five years since the first COVID case was recorded in Australia.
Social Sciences
Jan 31, 2025
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Ecosystems and species across the natural world are in serious trouble. The vast majority of Australians want more government action, but it's not being delivered.
Environment
Jan 31, 2025
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As night falls over Australia's forests, grasslands and backyards, the hidden world of nocturnal insects stirs to life. In many ecosystems, overall insect activity actually peaks at night, especially in warmer regions of ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 31, 2025
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United States President Donald Trump recently issued an executive order to end federal diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs. In the days since, Trump has even tried to blame a deadly Washington, D.C., plane crash ...
Economics & Business
Jan 31, 2025
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In a new study published in Nature Physics, researchers have developed the first controlled method for exciting and observing Kelvin waves in superfluid helium-4.
