Archived News for Research Sector Professionals
International researchers led by Australian experts have generated a model of a human embryo from skin cells.
Tech to test new supercomputer
Some high-tech research projects have been granted access to Australia’s top supercomputer.
Beach safety schemes unchecked
A review has found Australia’s beach safety programs are not being evaluated.
Clot fears stop rollouts
A string of European nations have halted their AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine rollouts over blood clot concerns.
La Niña seen to continue
Australia has recorded its wettest and coolest summer in at least five years, but the current conditions are not finished yet.
Review rejects hoarding claims
Researchers say water hoarding and and speculation are not driving price rises in the Murray-Darling Basin.
ACCC looks at browser bias
Regulators are concerned that people’s choices of browsers, and choice within browsers, is being unfairly limited.
AI trained on diseased tissue
Researchers are finding new ways to use artificial intelligence to help detect disease.
ASIO attributes ANU hack
ASIO director-general of security Mike Burgess says the agency knows more than it can say publicly about cyber attacks on local universities.
Cameras cracked in easy display
Hackers have breached security-camera data collected by Silicon Valley startup Verkada Inc.
Customer data mined for DER
New funding will allow a tech firm to explore using customer data to improve energy systems.
Ex-minister backs mushrooms
Former trade minister Andrew Robb has become an advocate for psychedelic therapy.
High-tech threads tested
A technicolour dreamcoat may be the next big thing in electronic communications.
School violence rises
A new survey has found around 40 per cent of Australian school principals have been subjected to violence at work.
Study plots twins' peak
More human twins are being born than ever before, according to a new global study.
Tech eyes to spy on fires
Australia will soon use satellites and drones to spot bushfires when they break out.
Threshold memories tested
For anyone who has walked into a room only to forget why they entered, researchers have some interesting new findings.
Key research cut from foreigners
Australian universities will be prevented from collaborating with foreign institutions on a number of key areas, under a new plan from the Federal Government.
Staff slam wage silencing
University staff say they have been punished for speaking out about underpayment and wage theft.