The complex mating rituals of the Sydney funnel-web spider have now been described in detail for the first time, with sexual routines including leg and body vibrations and female lifting, filling a missing link in the study ...
Plants & Animals
May 22, 2023
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Chemistry researchers at Flinders University have 'struck gold' by discovering a new way to make 'green' polymers from low-cost building blocks with just a small amount of electricity.
Polymers
May 19, 2023
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Flinders University and U.K. researchers have analyzed the use of disability-related taboo words to better understand how certain terms are used in the community and shed light on their negative and positive impact on people ...
Social Sciences
May 11, 2023
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Scientists at Flinders University have used sub-surface imaging and aerial surveys to see through floodplains in the Red Lily Lagoon area of West Arnhem Land in Northern Australia.
Archaeology
May 5, 2023
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Scientists from around the world have developed a simple metallic coating treatment for clothing or wearable textiles which can repair itself, repel bacteria from the wearer and even monitor a person's electrocardiogram (ECG) ...
Materials Science
Apr 30, 2023
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Hydrogen produced from renewable energy sources can be used as fuels that do not contribute to CO2 emissions, and therefore is emerging as an important future power source.
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 17, 2023
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The future of freshwater fish species in Australia's tropical rainforest areas, including the Daintree and Mosman Gorge, will increasingly be subject to the vagaries of climatic and other changes.
Ecology
Apr 14, 2023
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U.K. and Australian ecologists have used audio technology to record different types of sounds in the soils of a degraded and restored forest to indicate the health of ecosystems.
Ecology
Apr 10, 2023
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The logic that often underlies support for punitive approaches to crime, such as imprisonment, is a belief that an aversive experience will "put people off" or "teach them a hard lesson" about what they've done wrong. However, ...
Social Sciences
Apr 5, 2023
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Recent major earthquakes in Turkey and Syria have prompted a surge of international support for those affected, but research from Flinders University has found what triggers people to keep providing support for those suffering ...
Social Sciences
Mar 27, 2023
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