In a new paper published in the Nanoletters journal, scientists from the University of Valencia point to a new family of materials with promising applications in solid-state cooling.
Nanomaterials
May 2, 2016
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A new study shows that drones used to investigate sensitive water bird species in the wild can be used in a way that has little impact on their natural movement, according to research by the University of New England.
Ecology
Apr 13, 2016
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The next time you're driving down a country road in outback Australia, consider there's a good chance that very route was originally mapped out by Aboriginal people perhaps thousands of years before Europeans came to Australia.
Space Exploration
Apr 7, 2016
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A Macquarie University study has pursued multiple lines of evidence to bust the 'miner's myth' that exists in Broken Hill and other mining towns, which implies that alternative, non-mining related sources of lead are the ...
Environment
Mar 22, 2016
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A QUT researcher is calling on education departments to take notice of the growing trend of children taught at home and investigate its success or not.
Social Sciences
Feb 25, 2016
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A newly discovered distant relative of the duck has just been hailed as an ancestor of the biggest bird the world has ever known by a group of Australian palaeontologists.
Archaeology
Feb 22, 2016
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Researchers believe the discovery of a new genus and two new species of extinct non-hopping kangaroos could shed light on the ancestry of all kangaroos and wallabies living today.
Archaeology
Feb 22, 2016
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Tens of thousands of Antarctic penguins are estimated to be unable to return to their colony after a massive iceberg grounded there, according to a newly published study.
Environment
Feb 20, 2016
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Some 150,000 penguins died after a massive iceberg grounded near their colony in Antarctica, forcing them to make a lengthy trek to find food, scientists say in a newly-published study.
Environment
Feb 14, 2016
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The Victorian government's plan to introduce a (as yet unspecified) minimum ATAR for students looking to study a teaching course is not a silver bullet to improving teaching standards in schools.
Social Sciences
Jan 22, 2016
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