High-power lasers are often used to modify polymer surfaces to make high-tech biomedical products, electronics and data storage components.
Nanomaterials
Mar 26, 2024
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Water pollution from dyes used in textile, food, cosmetic and other manufacturing is a major ecological concern with industry and scientists seeking biocompatible and more sustainable alternatives to protect the environment.
Nanomaterials
Mar 19, 2024
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Alice Spring's Finke River (Larapinta), often cited as one of the oldest rivers in the world, once hosted waters teeming with bizarre animals—including a sleek predatory lobe-finned fish with large fangs and bony scales.
Paleontology & Fossils
Feb 6, 2024
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A new study has found fungi respond to noise in soil, unlocking the potential for improved ecosystem recovery.
Ecology
Jan 31, 2024
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Scientists should seek answers hidden in the dirt using proven and state-of-the-art archaeological science techniques to support new discoveries about human evolution following recent controversies at a cave site in Africa, ...
Archaeology
Nov 30, 2023
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A powerful new way to fill major gaps in public bee data—including from Africa, Asia and other under-reported zones—has been addressed with a centralized tool for consolidating bee pollinator occurrences around the globe.
Ecology
Nov 2, 2023
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Singing a gentle lullaby can help put a human baby to sleep but its usefulness in the low grassland swaying nests of Australian songbirds takes maternal 'singing' to even greater heights.
Plants & Animals
Oct 18, 2023
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New research from Flinders University and UNSW Sydney, published in the ACS Nano journal, explores switchable polarization in a new class of silicon compatible metal oxides and paves the way for the development of advanced ...
Nanophysics
Oct 16, 2023
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Researchers at Flinders University have taken a significant leap in the field of wound care using an innovative approach. By deploying an argon atmospheric plasma jet, they have successfully transformed Spirulina maxima, ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 10, 2023
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Australia has a big problem with plastic waste, with millions of tons of household and industrial plastics breaking down in landfill, rivers and the sea every year.
Earth Sciences
Oct 3, 2023
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