Researchers on the storm
When it comes to studying thunderstorms, the best lab is the site of the storm itself. That's where Joshua Soderholm, a PhD student at the University of Queensland, has been conducting his research project into the collisions between thunderstorms and sea breezes. Read more »
Aerodynamic characteristics of a supersonic car
An engineer working on the Bloodhound SSC (supersonic car) project has published a paper on the aerodynamic characteristics of travelling at 1000 mph (1609 km/h), increasing the current land speed record (LSR) by over 30%. Read more »
Exotic particle confirmed by CERN
Scientists at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have confirmed the existence of a new class of subatomic particles called exotic hadrons. The LHCb collaboration, one of the four large experiments at the LHC, found that the exotic object does not fit into the pattern of particles observed up until now. Read more »
E-commerce in the lab
Consumers in Australia have adopted the web as the go-to resource to find the best price on products from around the world. But while we shop online for ourselves looking for a bargain, are we doing this in the laboratory? Read more »
Looking at light from a different angle
Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have produced a system that allows light of any colour to pass through it if this light is coming from a specific angle. Read more »
Solving the puzzles of microbiology
The Australian Society for Microbiology Annual Scientific Meeting & Trade Exhibition returns to Melbourne in 2014. This is the largest and most prestigious microbiology conference held in Australia and attracts approximately 600 microbiologists, allied professionals, researchers and academics from across the country and around the world. Read more »
From cancer tissue to dying stars: Extreme Imaging 2014
The winners of the 2014 Extreme Imaging Competition were last night announced at the Powerhouse Museum. Now in its third year, the annual event is held by Canon Australia's local research and development arm, Canon Information Systems Research Australia (CiSRA). Read more »
Millennium-old frozen moss comes back to life
Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey and the University of Reading have demonstrated for the first time that after over 1500 years frozen in Antarctic ice, moss can come back to life and continue to grow. Read more »
First evidence of cosmic inflation found
Researchers from the BICEP2 collaboration have announced the first direct evidence of cosmic inflation - the rapid expansion of the universe which immediately followed the Big Bang. Until now, the idea of this exponential expansion was just a theory. Read more »
The best laid plans of mice in men
Scientists from the UK and Australia have created a mouse strain that expresses a fluorescing biosensor in every cell of its body, allowing diseased cells and drugs to be tracked and evaluated in real time. Read more »
Wireless monitoring systems for critical applications in life science facilities
Users need to be aware that not all monitoring systems are equal. Choosing the right system is paramount to product protection and adding value to your process. Read more »
ESO telescope finds its MUSE
An innovative instrument called MUSE (Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer) has been successfully installed on the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the Paranal Observatory in Chile. Read more »
Nanoparticles, peptides and paper to detect cancer
Engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a cheap and simple diagnostic, much like a pregnancy test, which detects cancer in urine samples. Read more »
'Microbial Pompeii' found on 1000-year-old teeth
Plaque on the teeth of 1000-year-old skeletons has preserved bacteria and microscopic particles of food, effectively creating a mineral tomb for microbiomes that has been unearthed by an international team of researchers. Read more »
A complex biochemical system in a droplet
In an effort to investigate the reactions taking place in a biological cell, scientists tried to replicate them in an artificial cell. Such experiments have so far worked with very simple reactions, but the team managed to establish a complex biochemical reaction in tiny droplets only a few micrometres in size. Read more »
What paused evolution?
The first life on Earth developed in the ancient oceans around 3.6 billion years ago but remained as little more than a layer of slime for a billion years. An international team of researchers has now revealed the ancient conditions that caused these events to occur. Read more »
Microbattery to monitor migrating salmon
Scientists at the US Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have created a microbattery to power an injectable transmitter, which will monitor the movements of salmon through rivers. Read more »
Atomic structures and rotating anode sources
A new facility at the University of Melbourne's School of Physics has become home to a rotating anode source. The machine was installed by a team led by Professor Christopher Chantler, who noted that outside synchrotrons (of which there is only one in Australia), rotating anodes are one of the most powerful laboratory sources of X-rays. Read more »
Not proof of life on Mars or even Elvis sending messages via doughnuts
The source of the magically appearing rock on Mars has been revealed. Read more »
An interactive map of human genetic history
Researchers have produced a global map detailing the genetic histories of 95 different populations across the world, spanning the last 4000 years. Read more »
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