Research & development

Air pollution particle may induce Alzheimer's disease

15 March, 2024

Magnetite, a tiny particle found in air pollution, can induce signs and symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study.


Controlling root growth could help crops, combat climate change

13 March, 2024

A highly conserved ethylene signalling pathway can be targeted to control the direction of root growth, creating deeper root systems that hold on to carbon.


Biomarker could prevent sudden cardiac death in men

12 March, 2024

Plasma 4β-hydroxycholesterol (4βHC) measurement could help to predict and prevent sudden cardiac death in men with coronary artery disease, according to researchers.


SKA-Low radio telescope takes big step forward in WA

11 March, 2024

The first of more than 130,000 two-metre-tall antennas that will make up the SKA-Low radio telescope were installed last week in the Mid West region of Western Australia.


Invasive weed could be a viable economic crop

05 March, 2024

The prickly paddy melon weed could have unexpected benefits for the construction, mining and forestry industries, as well as First Nations communities.


Blood test can predict risk of imminent heart attack

04 March, 2024

A new online tool lets users input their blood test results along with other basic information to discover if they are at increased risk of having a heart attack within six months.


Iron will: how plants deprive bacteria by depriving themselves

01 March, 2024

When plants feel threatened by harmful bacteria, they are willing to stop acquiring iron and stop growing.


Artificial 'worm gut' used to break down plastics

29 February, 2024

By feeding worms with plastics and cultivating microbes found in their guts, researchers have found a way to accelerate plastic biodegradation.


The temperature difference between day and night is widening

29 February, 2024

While night-time temperatures have typically increased at a faster pace than daytime temperatures, researchers recently found that this pattern had reversed.


The next alt-protein — cell-cultured beef rice

23 February, 2024

Rice already has a high nutrient level, but adding cells from livestock can further boost it.


RNA-based spray combats myrtle rust in plants

22 February, 2024

Queensland researchers have developed a treatment that can both prevent and cure infection caused by an invasive fungal disease devastating native Australian plants.


Boldly going in search of the fabled tricorder

19 February, 2024 by Ivor Campbell* | Supplied by: Snedden Campbell

Diagnostics companies globally continue to beaver away in search of a machine capable of diagnosing the highest number of possible conditions within a single technology.


Webb telescope unearths an ancient galaxy that shouldn't exist

16 February, 2024

The telescope found that a massive galaxy in the early universe — observed 11.5 billion years ago — has an extremely old population of stars formed much earlier.


Sea sponges suggest we have surpassed 1.5°C of warming

06 February, 2024 by Lauren Davis

Global mean surface temperatures may have already passed 1.5°C of warming, according to ocean temperature records preserved in sclerosponge skeletons from the Caribbean.


Glowing COVID test produces results in 1 min

23 January, 2024

What if, instead of taking 15 minutes or more, a COVID-19 test could quite literally light up with a result in just one minute?


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