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A new study has linked plain packaging on cigarettes to lower smoking appeal, greater support for the policy and a higher urgency to quit among adult smokers.
Plotting the path of most transistance
A forum for experts and professionals in the computer hardware world has caught a glimpse of the computer-processor future, with a talk on the materials and techniques that will drive the next generation of CPU.
Uni's converge on super-powered cloud
The Australian National University has announced a new effort to make the incredible data-processing abilities of a supercomputer available to laboratories and researchers on every scale.
Algae fuel potential blooms
A University of Queensland scientist has found a native algae species which could provide real hope for the development of commercially viable fuels from algae.
Carbon clearer after 50 year survey
A new study has revealed the extreme sensitivity of carbon exchanges in tropical ecosystems to temperature, suggesting rainforests become less effective as carbon sinks as the region warms.
Heat-check to gauge river potential
Researchers will use some novel techniques to assess the state of Australia’s inland rivers, and determine what might result from over-extraction of groundwater in the future.
Minor upheaval to marsupial theory
Two tiny bones have lead to a large revelation about the origin of some of Australia’s marsupials.
Speaking of language in Adelaide
Before European settlement Australia was home to hundreds of languages belonging to the widespread and diverse aboriginal cultures, now teams are working to preserve what’s left of the dwindling tongues before the important piece of the nation’s heritage disappears.
UV turtle warning works
Scientists may have found a use for UV lights other than faculty rave parties, with researchers trialling the use of LEDs to keep turtles out of fishing nets.
Teams tasked with new tool
Students at Curtin University are working on a project to give blind people a technological boost.
AgBot brings auto-farming closer
Farmers are often misrepresented as a technologically-backward lot, but now with the help of the internet, satellites, robots and scientists, some Queensland growers are leaping into the future.
Denying malaria its vitamins
Researchers may have developed a technique to stop malaria parasites from using vitamin B1 as a pathway to proliferation.
Eat less - live longer, maybe
A Chinese study has come to a surprising conclusion, finding fasting and calorie-restricted diets may actually increase lifespan
Novel knife can smell cancer
British medical researchers have developed a surgical knife which senses what it is cutting through, and can tell whether tissue is cancerous.
Sweet sweat from novel machine
A new technology has leapt straight from science fiction to reality, allowing human sweat to be turned into clean drinking water.
New tool to spot ADHD
Authorities have given the go-ahead to a remarkable new technology, which uses an advanced scanning technique to identify attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Worksite boned by dino-discovery
Researchers have been called in to the site of some roadworks in Queensland, after workers uncovered fossilised crocodiles, fish, shells and plants dating back about 50 million years.
World Bank to invest in clean energy fix
The World Bank will consult with member countries this week to finalise a proposal to drastically limit its financing of coal-fired power plants, promoting renewable energy and microgrid projects instead.
Community science hits the dusty trail
A New South Wales community group is taking statistics into their own hands, conducting its own monitoring of particle pollution and the dust from coal train carriages.
Robo-engineers taken to task
A prominent American engineer toured Australia recently in the lead up to an international robotics competition in Melbourne.
Test success for 3D-printed rocket nozzle
NASA is employing new age engineering technologies to drastically cut down its development and manufacturing time and costs.