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Swiping your identity: how you’re being tracked

Our new research reveals that personal identity can be compromised through some surprisingly devilish techniques – tracking the way we touch and swipe on smartphones.

Health
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Using synthetic biology to catch synthetic athletes

The dizzying amount of banned substances and doping techniques that are known to be in use by some athletes in elite sports has made the challenge of detecting them immense. Using synthetic biology to re-engineer a common diagnostic tool, we might be on the verge of a revolution in our capacity to catch cheats.

And the winner is…. Syd-en-ey!

You may have heard about the world’s biggest lithium-ion battery being brought to Australia by Elon Musk, but did you know that Australia actually has its own thriving lithium battery community?

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Here’s what a privacy policy that’s easy to understand could look like

We need a simple system for categorising data privacy settings, similar to the way Creative Commons specifies how work can be legally shared.

Health
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Social robots: supporting children on the autism spectrum

We’re trialling social robots to support education and therapy for children on the autism spectrum.

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Eyes and legs in the Amazon: protecting biodiversity using data

We’re activating our sensor network in the Amazon and testing new robotics tech at the same time – all the in the name of biodiversity.

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How we’re using Darwin’s theory of evolution to build robots that can adapt and learn on their own

A design process that focuses on adaptation and intelligence is essential to building robots that can handle the challenges of outdoor environments.

X-ray marks the spot

The first installation of a revolutionary x-ray analysis system for gold is now open for business at Ausdrill’s MinAnalytical labs in Perth, Australia.

Beautiful and dangerous: animating deadly viruses at Vivid Sydney

Peek under the microscope to get a close up encounter with infectious biological agents magnified to spectacular scale as we light up Vivid Sydney.

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Reality bytes: How Augmented Reality will change our lives

Augmented reality is on the cusp of mainstream adoption and brimming with potential. It’s hard to imagine our lives now without the Internet, and in a couple of decades, Augmented Reality could be just as embedded in our lives as the World Wide Web.

Space
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Tuning in to the Universe

New technology installed on our Parkes radio telescope today will let astronomers ‘hear’ a wider range of radio waves from objects in space, opening the way to new science.

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Custom-built DNA could be used as a sensor probe

One way to make sensors small is to make them out of something that's incredibly small in the first place, such as DNA.

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