'The Dish' set to support more Moon landings
06 April, 2021CSIRO has signed a new five-year agreement with aerospace company Intuitive Machines to support multiple lunar missions.
Mapping Zealandia: the 'hidden' eighth continent
31 March, 2021The mostly submerged continent has New Zealand and New Caledonia rising from its depths and was only put on the map by geologists in 2014.
Photocatalyst can turn carbon dioxide into methane fuel
19 March, 2021A new photocatalyst can produce methane fuel selectively and effectively from carbon dioxide using sunlight.
Northern summers may last nearly half the year by 2100
16 March, 2021Without efforts to mitigate climate change, summers spanning nearly six months may become the new normal by 2100 in the Northern Hemisphere.
Black hole is even more massive than we thought
26 February, 2021New observations of the first black hole ever detected have revealed that it is in fact the most massive stellar-mass black hole ever detected without the use of gravitational waves.
Perseverance rover lands safely on Mars
19 February, 2021NASA's Perseverance rover — the largest, most advanced rover the agency has ever sent to another world — touched down on Mars after a 203-day journey.
Assay enables fast diagnosis of liposarcomas
11 February, 2021Researchers have developed a gene panel test that allows for highly accurate diagnosis of the most common types of liposarcoma.
Sea level predicted to rise faster than previously thought
08 February, 2021Researchers have constructed a new method of quantifying just how fast the sea will react to warming, finding that former predictions have been too conservative.
Aus biotech company supplies at-home COVID-19 tests to US
03 February, 2021 by Lauren DavisQueensland-based company Ellume has announced a US$231.8 million (AU$302.7 million) agreement to accelerate domestic US production of its COVID-19 home tests.
Mitigating climate change: it starts with better ocean data
21 January, 2021 by Ayesha Renyard | Supplied by: Sofar OceanClimate change is accelerating at an alarming pace — and the impacts are hard to ignore. Let's take a look at some changes to our ocean.
Scientists forecast a "ghastly" future for the planet
18 January, 2021The survival of all species — including ours — is being threatened by loss of biodiversity and accelerating climate change in the coming decades, scientists say.
New species of prehistoric crocodile identified from fossil
14 January, 2021A new species of prehistoric crocodile, measuring more than five metres long and dubbed the 'swamp king', has been identified by Queensland researchers.
Australian lunar exploration mission announced
17 December, 2020SEVEN SISTERS is a mission to send nanosatellites and exploration sensors to the Moon to search for abundant, accessible water and resources in 2023.
Building block for organic molecules discovered in meteorites
15 December, 2020Scientists have confirmed the presence in meteorites of a key organic molecule that may have been used to build other organic molecules, including some used by life.
Biomarker helps to diagnose Alzheimer's early
15 December, 2020Researchers have found new forms of tau protein that become abnormal in the very early stages of Alzheimer's disease before cognitive problems develop.
