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Deafness in farmed salmon linked to accelerated growth

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Whales turn tail at ocean mining noise

A new international study has measured the effect of loud sounds on migrating humpback whales as concern grows as oceans become noisier.
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Behaviours can be inherited from social environment

The different ways men and women behave, passed down from generation to generation, can be inherited from our social environment – not...
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Teen career dreams fit gender stereotypes

Six in ten Australian 14-15 year-olds know what career they would like to have in the future but the jobs that boys...
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Study into Australia’s oldest invertebrates

A new partnership between Museums Victoria and Monash University will enable the first research into newly-discovered arthropods, including insects, arachnids and hexapods,...
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Smart home technology: not the brightest way to save energy

A new study by RMIT University has found smart home control devices may actually increase energy use rather than cutting it, with...
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Adult brains produce new cells in previously undiscovered area

A University of Queensland discovery may lead to new treatments for anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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Urban floods intensifying, countryside drying up

A global analysis of rainfall and rivers by UNSW engineers has discovered a growing pattern of intense flooding in urban areas coupled...
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Warm frogs can beat deadly disease

Scientists from James Cook University say a disease that has devastated global frog populations can be slowed or stopped by relatively short...
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275 million-year-old starfish fossil found in Western Australia

A research team led by The University of Western Australia has discovered a 275 million-year-old fossilised starfish-like creature in the north-west town...

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A new international study has measured the effect of loud sounds on migrating humpback whales as concern grows as oceans become noisier.

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The Victorian Government is preparing students across Victoria to be cyber ready through the state’s Victorian Cyber Schools Skills Challenge, which kicked off in August 2017.

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Dr Kai Chan from the ANU Research School of Biology has been named 2017 ACT Scientist of the Year by ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr MLA at a ceremony as part of National Science Week.

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Kids might turn their noses up at brussels sprouts, but how will they react to being served a fried house cricket?

Young Tassie Scientist Shasta Henry will be putting kids to the taste test at the George Town Bigger Science Expo, and can’t wait to see the results.

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The Sunshine Coast’s plant diversity has helped University of Queensland researchers confirm that nurture has the upper hand – at least when it comes to plant microbes.

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Hopes of finding an early-warning signal for ovarian cancer have been boosted by a protein discovery at the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI).

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With pest animals estimated to cost the Australian economy up to $1 billion a year, CSIRO scientists have developed a humane new technology that could help save Australian farmers’ crops and livelihoods.

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QUT researchers and Australian biotech company HFPA are hoping to turn a native Australian plant into a major new antibiotic after discovering the plant possesses antibacterial activity equivalent to some antibiotics currently used to treat Golden Staph infections.

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International researchers have travelled to Townsville to the National Sea Simulator (SeaSim) at the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) as part of cutting edge research to help save the world’s fish.

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A team of researchers from the University of Wollongong (UOW) and the University of Tasmania has developed a new method for assessing the health of fragile Antarctic vegetation using drones, which they say could be used to improve the efficiency of ecological monitoring in other environments as well.

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New method faster, more efficient and less damaging to the environment. A team of researchers from the University of Wollongong (UOW) and the University of Tasmania has developed a new method for assessing the health of fragile Antarctic vegetation using drones, which they say could be used to impro...

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Research

Deafness in farmed salmon linked to accelerated growth

Whales turn tail at ocean mining noise

Behaviours can be inherited from social environment

Teen career dreams fit gender stereotypes

Study into Australia’s oldest invertebrates

Smart home technology: not the brightest way to save energy

Adult brains produce new cells in previously undiscovered area

Urban floods intensifying, countryside drying up

Warm frogs can beat deadly disease

275 million-year-old starfish fossil found in Western Australia

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Deafness in farmed salmon linked to accelerated growth