An unusual and very exciting form of carbon - that can be created by drawing on paper- looks to hold the key to real-time, high throughput DNA sequencing, a technique that would revolutionise medical research and testing.
Nanomaterials
Mar 30, 2015
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Australian researchers have revealed how the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) obtains the essential nutrient, manganese, from our bodies, which could lead to better therapies to target what is a life-threatening, ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 6, 2021
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770
A new method to combat malaria, which sees the disease turn against itself, could offer an effective treatment for the hundreds of millions of people infected globally each year as the efficacy of current antimalarial drugs ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 2, 2022
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305
Nature has declared that the world's supply of water is fixed. As a means of keeping humanity alive, it has no substitute.
Environment
Mar 7, 2018
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(Phys.org) —Australian scientists have narrowed the predicted range of global warming through groundbreaking new research.
Environment
May 27, 2013
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Galileo knew he had discovered a new planet in 1613, 234 years before its official discovery date, according to a new theory by a University of Melbourne physicist.
Astronomy
Jul 9, 2009
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A warming planet will cause stronger storm winds triggering larger and more frequent extreme waves over the next 80 years, with largest increases shown in the Southern Ocean, according to new research.
Environment
Jun 11, 2020
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A two-meter-long painting of a kangaroo in Western Australia's Kimberley region has been identified as Australia's oldest intact rock painting.
Archaeology
Feb 22, 2021
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3091
Researchers have found that bird species with multiple plumage colour forms within in the same population, evolve into new species faster than those with only one colour form, confirming a 60 year-old evolution theory.
Evolution
May 9, 2012
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Urban streams and wetlands play an important role in the proper functioning of our cities. They protect our houses from floods, provide green spaces for recreation, trap and breakdown pollutants and provide valuable habitats ...
Environment
Jun 28, 2017
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