No blood, just sweat and tears for diabetes care
Copper-based sensor capable of measuring glucose levels from body fluids other than blood.
Biochemistry
Sep 26, 2016
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Europe's oldest lake traces 1.36 million years of climate
By analysing sediment cores from the bed of Europe's oldest lake, an international team of scientists has created a detailed climate history of the north-central Mediterranean stretching back 1.36 million years—and revealed ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 3, 2019
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Scientists create atomic scale, 2-D electronic kagome lattice
Scientists from the University of Wollongong (UOW), working with colleagues at China's Beihang University, Nankai University, and Institute of Physics at Chinese Academy of Sciences, have successfully created an atomic scale, ...
Nanophysics
Nov 19, 2018
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Fire discovery sheds new light on 'hobbit' demise
Crucial new evidence has revealed modern humans (Homo sapiens) were likely using fire at Liang Bua 41,000 years ago, narrowing the time gap between the last hobbits (Homo floresiensis) and the first modern humans at this ...
Archaeology
Jun 29, 2016
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Sodium-ion battery packs a punch
A new sodium-ion battery chemistry that shows superior performance to existing state-of-the-art sodium-based batteries could be the catalyst to enabling mass-production of the emerging technology for large-scale energy storage, ...
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 5, 2018
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Science fiction becomes science fact as researchers create liquid metal heartbeat
In a breakthrough discovery, University of Wollongong (UOW) researchers have created a "heartbeat" effect in liquid metal, causing the metal to pulse rhythmically in a manner similar to a beating heart.
Condensed Matter
Jul 11, 2018
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The Earth beneath us may be shifting -- not static
Ground-breaking research into the hot structures deep in the Earth suggest they could be much more fluid than once supposed.
Earth Sciences
Apr 6, 2022
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Devil in the deep blue sea a rare sight
Video footage of a rare, protected fish in water almost twice the depth it is thought to inhabit has raised questions about how marine life is responding to climate change and how much we really know about the deep ocean.
Ecology
Sep 10, 2018
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Breakthrough boosts performance of sodium-sulfur batteries
Researchers from the University of Wollongong have manufactured a nanomaterial that acts as a superior cathode for room-temperature sodium-sulfur batteries, making them a more attractive option for large-scale energy storage.
Materials Science
Nov 18, 2019
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New stone tools analysis challenges theories of human evolution in East Asia
A new study of stone tools from a cave site in China shows that sophisticated "Levallois" tool-making techniques were present in East Asia at a much earlier date than previously thought.
Archaeology
Nov 19, 2018
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