Mathematical modelling sheds new light on how continents may have formed
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Africans discovered dinosaur fossils long before the term 'paleontology' existed, researchers say
Credit for discovering the first dinosaur bones usually goes to British gentlemen for their finds between the 17th and 19th centuries in England. Robert Plot, an English natural history scholar, was the first of these to ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Jan 4, 2024
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High-altitude climate change to kill cloud forest plants
Australian scientists have discovered many tropical, mountaintop plants won't survive global warming, even under the best-case climate scenario.
Ecology
Aug 7, 2015
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New method paves way for more efficient transformation of captured carbon dioxide into everyday products
An international team of researchers at the University of Sydney and the University of Toronto has developed a new acid-based electrochemical process for the conversion of CO2 captured from emission sources or directly from ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 15, 2023
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Boomerangs return with greater insights into ample uses
If you thought all boomerangs were used solely for throwing and—hopefully—returning then think again, because new research by a team of Griffith University archaeologists suggests that Aboriginal Australians employed ...
Archaeology
Apr 14, 2021
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Quantum microscope for living biology
(Phys.org)—A team of Australian scientists has developed a powerful microscope using the laws of quantum mechanics to probe the inner workings of living cells.
Optics & Photonics
Feb 4, 2013
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Australian bushfires extinguished, but climate rows rage on
Australia's "black summer" of devastating bushfires is finally coming to a close, but bitter arguments over how to tackle climate-fuelled disasters are raging on.
Environment
Feb 15, 2020
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Geoengineering: 'Plan B' for the planet
Dismissed a decade ago as far-fetched and dangerous, schemes to tame the effects of global warming by engineering the climate have migrated from the margins of policy debates towards centre stage.
Environment
Apr 29, 2021
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Clues from an endangered blue whale population
Clues in the DNA of endangered blue whales – the largest living animal – has shown that Australia is home to one population that likely travels widely and is adapted to a range of environmental conditions.
Plants & Animals
Jan 31, 2018
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Scientists one step closer to preventing bacterial infections of implanted medical devices
Ground-breaking research by Australian scientists has revealed new insights into how life-threatening bacteria colonise medical devices that are implanted in the human body.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 25, 2013
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