Light is emerging as the leading vehicle for information processing in computers and telecommunications as our need for energy efficiency and bandwidth increases.
Optics & Photonics
May 15, 2020
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Every now and then in Earth's history, a pair of continents draws close enough to form one. There comes a time, however, when they must inevitably part ways.
Earth Sciences
Jul 18, 2016
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Geologists from the University of Sydney and the California Institute of Technology have solved the mystery of how Australia's highest mountain - Mount Kosciuszko - and surrounding Alps came to exist.
Earth Sciences
Mar 15, 2016
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Embrittlement is one of the biggest obstacles facing the transition to a global hydrogen economy. A new process uncovered by researchers at the University of Sydney is helping shed light on how to better prevent it.
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 26, 2024
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Jennifer Weissel did not expect her greyhound, Kelly, to live to be "an old lady."
Veterinary medicine
May 27, 2021
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Researchers in Australia have found a way to manipulate laser light at a fraction of the cost of current technology.
General Physics
Feb 17, 2020
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A study published this morning in Nature offers further insight into how dogs became domesticated. The comparative analysis of human, canine and wolf genomes suggests that humans and dogs have evolved in parallel as a response ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 24, 2013
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(Phys.org) —The dramatic geological events that created opal, Australia's national gemstone, have been described for the first time by a University of Sydney researcher.
Earth Sciences
May 31, 2013
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Low income households could increase their savings by over 25 per cent if bank accounts with a regular lottery prize for depositors were introduced in Australia, University of Sydney economists have found.
Economics & Business
Sep 11, 2014
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By creatively using a radio telescope to see in 3D, astronomers have detected the existence of tubular plasma structures in the inner layers of the magnetosphere surrounding the Earth.
Space Exploration
Jun 1, 2015
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