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Gravitational waves detected from colliding stars for the first time

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Investigating the benefits of particle therapy

Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE), with assistance from ANSTO, has recently returned from a study tour of Japan to...
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The common and simple liverwort provides new insights into plant evolution

For most people, the simple liverwort, a moss-like shrub, is a common garden pest that thrives in damp conditions. But for Professor...
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Gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger observed

The University of Western Australia is part of an international team that includes the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo collaboration that...
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Autonomous technology helps scientists

In partnership with Boeing, the world’s largest aerospace company, the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) has demonstrated how a revolutionary high-tech...
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Geological data behind the search for MH370

Geoscience Australia has released a public Story Map about the data behind the search for MH370.
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Giant marsupials were like no other

A giant prehistoric Ice Age marsupial related to wombats and koalas has been discovered to be the only marsupial known to have...
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New technologies can help preserve coral reefs

A collective of scientists and reef managers says new technological interventions are needed to save coral reefs under climate change.
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Australia’s geospatial expertise on show at IAC 2017

Almost every sector in the Australian economy benefits from space technologies. The advent of global satellite and positioning technologies has enabled the...
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Portable DNA sequencers help African farmers fight crop disease

Scientists at The University of Western Australia are using new portable DNA sequencing technology for the first time in East Africa to...

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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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Gravitational waves detected from colliding stars for the first time

Investigating the benefits of particle therapy

The common and simple liverwort provides new insights into plant evolution

Gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger observed

Autonomous technology helps scientists

Geological data behind the search for MH370

Giant marsupials were like no other

New technologies can help preserve coral reefs

Australia’s geospatial expertise on show at IAC 2017

Portable DNA sequencers help African farmers fight crop disease

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