Archived News for Research Sector Professionals - August, 2014
Small bricks of compressed rice husk could save Nepalese women and children hours of hard labour and improve their health.
Study sees PMS as evolutionary match-breaker
Australian scientists have sought answers to an age-old question – what is premenstrual syndrome (PMS) about?
New head to dig at novel mine styles
The University of New South Wales has a new head of mining engineering, bringing in a expert form years in the field.
Water beam brings wave of new questions
Engineers and physicists at the Australian National University (ANU) have built a tractor beam.
Woodpecker's head checked for shock response
Researchers are looking at how woodpeckers manage to avoid injury as they engage in high-velocity impacts with trees.
Big grants to advance ideas for aging issues
The NHMRC will fund five teams looking at different elements of dementia.
Deep projections to let hive-minds speak
A new system will introduce collaborative, three-dimensional digital sketching to offices, classrooms studios and more.
Magnetic study to bring new tech closer
Australian researchers are embarking on a project to create better-performing and more capable information technologies.
New loo to lower the lid on illness
A life-saving solar-powered toilet has been developed for a UN-backed project to improve global sanitation.
Super sponge soaks up old energy issues
A spongy plastic that soaks up carbon dioxide could ease the transition away from polluting fossil fuels and toward new energy sources, researchers say.
Uni probes amid claims of missing health money
Extra GST money allocated for Tasmania’s health system has not been spent they way it was meant.
Flat-packed, self-folding, robot origami
In an automated, robotic future, the common task of folding origami may no longer exist.
Bins fed well in Australian food-waste binge
The humble household is a major source of wasted food, with millions of tonnes ditched in Australia each year.
Cat and pigeon come together to make quantum moves
Two incredible breakthroughs have added to the dictionary of the smallest phenomena in the universe.
Even small logging slugs species
Taking a just a few trees from a tropical forest reduces biodiversity, a study shows, suggesting that “selective logging” may not be a sustainable practice.
Glaciers give mixed response to Ice Age questions
Climate change may not always be a global phenomenon, or at least not a uniform one.
Self-love shown in single question
A new study has revealed an incredibly simple way to identify a narcissist – just ask them.
Teeth let teams nibble at fossil information
Researchers have used advanced techniques to turn back the evolutionary clock.
Garbage-loving techno-shell takes a bite of waste
A large shell-shaped structure is sucking tonnes of rubbish out of a river for free.
Ship's docking brings new level for sea science
Australia’s chief research group has finally taken delivery of its incredible new science vessel.
Blood drug may have put data under the rug
A scandal is emerging around the anticoagulant drug dabigatran, marketed as Pradaxa.