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The Australian Trucking Association will bring new thinking to old challenges in the Tech Truck Hackathon at Trucking Australia in April 2018.
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New Australian-led malaria research powerhouse

Australia will take a leadership role in the Asia Pacific region in a new initiative to help our nearest neighbours get rid...
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Solar cars are off to Adelaide

NT Minister for Tourism and Culture, Lauren Moss waved off the solar cars competing in 2017’s 3000 kilometre race from Darwin to...
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$1.8M funding to tackle TB, Zika and other infectious diseases

Regional efforts to combat tuberculosis (TB) have been bolstered with a new research grant that will help minimise the spread of infectious...
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Supporting women in STEM and entrepreneurship

Businesses, not-for-profits, education and research organisations are encouraged to apply for grants to inspire more girls and women to pursue careers in...
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Bipartisan support of cyber engagement strategy

The ACS – the professional association for Australia’s ICT sector – has warmly welcomed the release of Australia’s International Cyber Engagement Strategy...
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New funds for research on ROR receptors in ovarian cancer

Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation grants will help UNSW researchers in their mission to improve the long-term survival of women with ovarian cancer.
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Microbiome research boosted with $1 million in grants

The first research grants have been awarded for microbiome research to be carried out at a new dedicated St George Hospital-based centre.
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75 year maritime mystery solved

After lying hidden on the seabed for 75 years SS Macumba, sunk in WWII by a Japanese air attack has finally been...
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RV Investigator finds WWII shipwreck

Researchers on CSIRO’s research vessel Investigator have solved a maritime mystery 74 years in the making with the discovery of the wreck...

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Researchers from RMIT University have used liquid metal to create two-dimensional materials no thicker than a few atoms that have never before been seen in nature.

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A University of Queensland scientist whose pioneering work has helped unravel the complexity of the human genome and genetic traits has won a 2017 Prime Minister’s Prize for Science.

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100 million years ago two super-dense neutron stars violently merged into one, sending out a burst of radiation and gravitational waves, ripples in space and time, that have been travelling through the Universe ever since.

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Young people are almost twice as likely to need social welfare payments if their parents have a history of receiving such assistance themselves, according to new research from the University of Melbourne.

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A new world-class medicines manufacturing centre in Melbourne will provide a major boost in the export of medicines manufactured in Victoria.

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Fanged kangaroos – an extinct family of small fanged Australian kangaroos – might have survived at least five million years longer than previously thought.

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An Australian Research Council (ARC) grant will give students and researchers access to a unique high-end system to help them analyse complex biological systems and big datasets.

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On Saturday, 14 October 2017, from 10.30am at Redcliffe, members of the public can join University of Queensland Centre for Marine Science Director Ian Tibbetts and staff for UQ’s free second Biodiversity Roadshow.

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The belief that lifting heavy weights is necessary to build muscles is being challenged by University of Queensland researchers.

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Researchers from Sydney’s Garvan Institute and the UK have developed a glow-in-the-dark ‘biosensor mouse’ that offers a real-time readout of the rapidly changing “skeleton” within cells.

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