Archived News for Research Sector Professionals - January, 2018
Australia’s healthcare system is responsible for just over 7 per cent of the nation’s carbon footprint.
Modelling plots no negative gearing
A new study suggests home ownership would increase and most households would be better off if negative gearing was scrapped.
New tech for brain mapping
New technology is allowing researchers to see brain connections working in real time.
Studies show painkiller risks
Two new studies have shed light on the impacts of two of the most common painkillers.
Tamper-proof opioids reviewed
Tamper-proof opioids may have stopped people injecting them, but have not slowed the epidemic.
Teen weed, drink and smokes drop
The consumption of alcohol, tobacco and marijuana has dropped among Australian teenagers.
More charges for QLD science chief
Suspended Queensland chief scientist Suzanne Miller has been charged with 31 additional fraud offences.
High-tech pill passes human trials
Australian researchers are running human trials of a gas-sensing swallowable capsule.
Temperatures tipping turtle sex
New research shows rising temperatures are turning almost all green sea turtles in a Great Barrier Reef population female.
Study seeks entangled encryption
Queensland researchers have made progress on the quantum effects that could underpin future encryption methods.
Experts spot CPU security hole
Australian cybersecurity researchers have reported on serious bugs at the heart of millions of modern PCs.
Antibiotic alternatives needed
Experts say we need alternatives to antibiotics to allow them to remain useful in fighting more serious ones.
CRISPR fix for hearing
Scientists in the US and China have successfully restored hearing in a mouse model of human genetic deafness.
Metalens made for full spectrum
Harvard engineers have created a single lens that can focus the entire visible spectrum of light — including white light — in the same spot and in high resolution.