Archived News for Research Sector Professionals - November, 2017
APRA says it may take regulatory action to force the finance sector to respond to climate change.
Collegiate darkness exposed
A new report has painted a disturbing picture of heavy drinking and sexual harassment at elite colleges.
Papers signed for NT space push
Leases have been signed at what could be the site of Australia's first commercial space centre.
Australian whaling footage surfaces
Sea Shepherd Australia has released confronting footage of a Japanese whaling operation after a five-year legal battle.
Coral grown with polyp transplant
Scientists are working on an innovative coral transplant project as part of efforts to find new weapons in the fight against reef damage.
Locals lead quantum breakthrough
Scientists have miniaturised an essential quantum computing component.
Study plots escort preferences
A new study has shown that in Australia, a relatively low proportion of male escorts are hired by women.
App brings AI to mental assessments
A new digital system has been launched with the ambitious goal to change the way Australia’s mental health care system operates.
Neutrinos netted in IceCube lab
Australian researchers have helped measure how Earth absorbs the very highest energy neutrinos ...
Nuclear focus at robo-summit
Australia has played host to a robotics summit focussed on dealing with nuclear waste in the future.
Call to stem academic sex
RMIT has called for all universities to consider a blanket ban on sex between faculty members and students.
Sugar group pulls sweet deception
Researchers say they have found proof that the sugar industry withheld evidence of the health effects of sucrose nearly 50 years ago.
Big money for heart studies
A landmark investment has been made in research to prevent and treat cardiometabolic diseases.
Biofuel farm pilot funded
A demonstration facility to produce biofuels and other renewable chemicals from crop and forestry wastes has been funded.
BoM details dry times ahead
The Bureau of Meteorology has put Australia on a La Nina alert, the level just before an official La Nina.
CSU starts huge solar setup
Charles Sturt University has switched on a 6,000-panel rooftop solar system.
Dolphins' sponge dance studied
Australian researchers have discovered details of the dating lives of dolphins.
Size study shows stressful change
Australian researchers are studying why animals are they size they are.
Subduction effect checked
Researchers have studied how a particular clay mineral can create huge underground oceans.