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484Microplastics in the food chain
Plastic rubbish is everywhere and now broken-down microplastics have been found in variable concentrations in blue mussels and water within the intertidal...
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740Sponge bleaching observed in warming Tasmanian waters
Bleaching in sponges has been observed for the first time in the deep-shelf waters off Tasmania’s east coast, and it may be...
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821No oxygen and no fish: Southern Cross scientists investigate deoxygenation of Richmond River
After the worst flooding event on record, followed a month later by renewed flooding, the full extent of the environmental impact is...
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1.4KCSIRO on a mission to end plastic waste
CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, will tackle Australia’s plastic pollution challenges, pledging to help Australia reduce its plastic waste by 80 per...
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1.3KWhat regulates the ‘glue’ needed for nerve repair?
Researchers at The University of Queensland have identified a molecule essential for regulating the repair of injured nerves, which could help people...
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1.1KCall for national surveillance network after Japanese encephalitis outbreak
A QIMR Berghofer senior mosquito scientist is calling for a national surveillance network that can help predict, detect and manage mosquito-borne diseases...
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233Bull ant evolves new way to target pain
Australian bull ants have evolved a venom molecule perfectly tuned to target one of their predators – the echidna – that also...
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635Bull ant evolves new way to target pain
Australian bull ants have evolved a venom molecule perfectly tuned to target one of their predators – the echidna – that also...
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2.1KUQ researchers co-author IPCC Sixth Assessment Report
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has handed down the second instalment of its Sixth Assessment report, Climate Change 2022: Impacts,...
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Three University of Tasmania researchers have been awarded prestigious 2022 Fulbright Scholarships that will allow them to further their research through academic and cultural exchange in the United States. Professor of Plant Biology Tim Brodribb leads a lab group that focuses on the vulnerabilities...
This project will provide comprehensive driving data and analysis tools for the design and testing of an autonomous vehicles (AV) software stack. The data collection platform is an urban vehicle retrofitted with the latest AV sensors. The data will be obtained from local NSW scenarios such as Sydney...
When you live in the driest State in the driest country in the world, bushfires are an unfortunate, and all-too-regular part of life. Learning how to survive such emergencies is important for all people, but especially for our youngest citizens. Now, a new virtual reality (VR) experience developed b...
Water quality in the Great Barrier Reef will be improved thanks to a multimillion-dollar collaboration between The University of Queensland and the Queensland Department of Environment and Science. The newly launched Reef Catchments Science Partnership (RCSP), led by UQ’s Associate Professor Micha...
A new University of Queensland research centre dedicated to helping people with aphasia will transform the recovery journey for thousands of Australians and their families. Aphasia, a condition experienced by more than 140,000 Australians, which affects a person’s ability to communicate and typica...
Fulbright support for tracking plant stress and exploring secular belief systems https://t.co/ZCHuIM08Pt
Data analytics for development and testing of AVs on urban roads https://t.co/gU8NpKfF0G
Solar car visit set to recharge the west
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