Posts by Ellen Singleton

Gnarly gnashes: in South Africa the grey nurse shark is known as “ragged tooth” for the rows of pointy teeth. Photo credit: David Harasti

Nursing Grey Nurse Shark populations back to health

Grey Nurse Sharks are critically endangered in parts of Australia. Our research is helping to assist the conservation management of the species.

Keeping devi-ANTS away from Lord Howe Island

We’ve eradicated an exotic invasive ant species off a world heritage listed island.

A new framework gives you full administrative control of your blockchain-stored data. Shutterstock

Protecting the ‘right to be forgotten’ in the age of blockchain

Blockchain data is unchangeable, which is a problem when privacy laws require companies to delete data once it’s served its purpose.

Mixed baskets of mostly Yellowfin and Bigeye Tuna at the Lampulo Fishing Port in Banda Aceh Craig Proctor, Author provided (No reuse)

fishIDER, a new tool to improve fisheries management in Indonesia

Accurate species identification is a fundamental requirement for assessing fisheries stocks. fishIDER aims to improve the identification skills of fisheries staff.

The search for the source of a mysterious fast radio burst comes relatively close to home

Astronomers think they've identified which galaxy was the source of a blast radio energy, over in a fraction of a second. And it's much closer to us than the others detected, so far.

Maratus fimbriatus. Image: Stuart Harris

Spooky spiders trick or treat in a street near you

Instead of fake spider pranks this Halloween, why not arm yourself with some facts about hair-raising arachnids?

As the demand for battery technology increases so too does demand rise for the raw materials that go into them

Supercharging battery metals

With global demand for battery technology set to soar, Australia is well placed to deliver the raw materials and take advantage of a battery metal bonanza.

A brown and yellow fly sits on a green leaf.

Preventing farmageddon: new startup targets fruit fly

Our former researchers have founded RapidAIM to take their revolutionary fruit fly-monitoring technology to the world.

Antennas of the ASKAP radio telescope under the milky way

Explosions in the sky: ASKAP detects 20 new Fast Radio Bursts

It took the world's telescopes 10 years to find approximately 20 FRBs. Using ASKAP, a team of Aussie scientist have been able to find 20 in one year.

The technology is a great way of improving meat tenderness and the eating quality of cheap cuts. (Flickr: PepOmint)

Shockwave technology tenderises meat and improves eating quality of cheaper cuts, scientists say

Scientists have found the eating quality of tough cuts of meat like shank, silverside and chuck steak can be improved using shockwave technology, in what could be a win for farmers and consumers.

From science fiction to robot reality

Our Data61 is one of seven funded participants competing in the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Subterranean Challenge, which aims to explore new approaches to rapidly map, navigate, and search underground environments.

Whale, whale, whale, what do we have here?

Scientists on our research vessel Investigator were treated to a spot of whale watching over the weekend.