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The excellent efforts of a team of first-year engineers have been rewarded, celebrating the creative solutions to real-world problems that young minds can produce.

Home metal manufacture plan brings sci-fi to DIY

A new design could soon see the advent of home-use 3D printers that can make objects out of metal.

Flicking the switch to kill asbestos cancer growth

Results have been published and appear promising for the development of a genetic treatment for mesothelioma; the deadly, asbestos-related form of cancer.

Science heist bags crystalline secrets

An astounding breakthrough has seen scientists use DNA to build near-perfect crystals from scratch, which mimic the structures that make natural crystals so valuable.

Stem cell spending needed for Australia to make par

The exciting field of stem cell research continues to create new methods and treatments for a variety of conditions, but some Australian scientists say the country could be doing much more.

Study seeks functional lungs from stem cells

Researchers in the US have turned human stem cells into functional lung and airway cells for the first time.

Female execs bring price drops, the more the better

Companies save money on acquisitions for each female board member doing the buying, a new study says.

Reaching consensus on where decisions are made

Researchers have made up their minds on which part of the brain is most responsible for decision making.

Study says new approach may help ADHD software work

Most parents are keen to find new tools that might allow their kids to succeed, but a new study says for parents of children with ADHD – some money can be better spent.

Teaching techniques trimmed from trillions

There are a truly ludicrous amount of ideas on the best teaching strategies, but a new study says trying to narrow it down to just one is not the way to go.

CEFC points to high cost of collapse, no returns

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has defended its own existence, as the Federal Government continues its plan to shut-down the renewable-energy investor.

Concussion complacency clear in statistics

A new study has found children are often put back onto a sporting field after they suffer a concussion, and the trend could lead to serious long-term negative effects.

Dragonflies spied as anti-bacterial provider

Australian researchers have looked to the great repository of innovation for their latest creation – pinching designs from nature to create exciting new materials.

Internal sensor can say when enough is enough

The developed world most certainly has a weight problem, and Australia is no exception, but a new device could use our own internal mechanisms to turn the tide against fatty habits.

Office model to take the heat off commercial bills

A new system developed by University of Adelaide engineers can model and predict temperatures within a building, promising significant reductions in commercial energy use.

Reef record shows two-thousand year growth spurt

A study led by University of Sydney scientists has had a long look back at the Great Barrier Reef’s history, probing deepwater fossils for the natural wonder’s life story.

Study seeks to unpick conflicts, cut to core of land issues

A new project has been launched to find out exactly how the values of people in rural areas are affected by land use conflicts caused by CSG drilling, wind farms, irrigation and agriculture.

Why pollution changes clouds to anvils in the sky

Airborne pollutants do more than just accumulate over time – we now know they contribute to the make-up of storm clouds, creating more direct weather effects.

Anti-vaccine group called by name, made to change

A group which has used a deceitful name to push an anti-scientific public health agenda will change its title.

Award rewards big changes in nano field

A leading polymer chemist currently at Monash University has been awarded the 2013 Le Fèvre Memorial Prize by the Australian Academy of Science – the prize is in response to the researcher’s incredible work in the growing field of ‘molecular engineering’.