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Out of line image could show new weakness
A new imaging technique could detect damage invisible to current acoustic imaging.
Paper shows points to get people back to nature
An environmental finance group has put out a discussion paper to define a style of building with strong links to nature.
Projector deck gives hint of holographic gaming
Tech giant Microsoft has posted a demonstration of its latest development – turning an entire room into a gaming surface not unlike the holodeck from Star Trek.
Australia adds dollars to slow deadly spread
The Australian Government has put up another $10 million to help the fight against Ebola in West Africa, while experts calculate the ongoing needs and risks in the deadly outbreak.
Handful of votes could stop strange new world
A storm of internet activism is rising against the Australian Government’s attempt to force the mandatory retention of telecoms data.
Mechanisms checked for mental re-wiring
Another exciting medical development has blurred the lines between real life and Star Trek.
Programmed place in new age of antibiotics
A team in the US has reported some success in the quest to create the next generation of specifically-targeted, individually-customised antibiotics.
Australian archive gives some greatest hits
Australia’s massive archive of historic and contemporary recordings is celebrating its birthday, and has posted its greatest hits online to mark the occasion.
Study to find how bad apples rise
“Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely” - an old adage reinforced almost daily, but does the tendency for the vile to get ahead really exist?
Flinders finding quicker path from student to scientist
Flinders University has marked the end of its first ever ‘Teacher in Residence’ program, which sees senior secondary science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) teachers helped by direct contact with academics.
Future farms could have high sea view
Spanish architects have unveiled plans for floating farm factories to feed the world when the ocean takes over the land.
Mining giant and giant minds meet for STEM help
A mining firm and a bastion of academia will join forces to boost science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) opportunities for Indigenous Australians.
New link for new life in synthetic quest
Macquarie University has enlisted some help for its push to create the world’s first totally synthetic life form.
Reef win is small relief as local pollution ranks high
Australia has dropped a few spots on a list of the worst-polluting countries in the world.
Big meet to mark moves on SKA
Hundreds of international scientists and engineers have visited a big dish in the desert of WA.
Calls for more than money as Ebola takes hold
Many of the big Australian health groups want the Federal Government to do more about the Ebola outbreak in Africa, but the Foreign Minister says the World Health Organisation (WHO) has not asked.
Familiarity fires when faced with those we know
Scientists have learned a little bit more about the physical process of remembering.
Studies say chemo could be fine on unborn
European scientists say chemotherapy and radiotherapy are safe for unborn babies.
Money dips but no services slip at Questacon
Tough times at Questacon, as a central feature in Australia’s science education landscape sees its wallet getting thinner.
Study turns CPUs into STEM learners
Man and machine may work together to improve the educational outcomes of both, if a new project takes off.