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Moonwalking students from the Mallee (and more!)

There are kids moonwalking in the Mallee, and designing a garden for Mars. There are students making robots in Central Australia. All of these students are visited by our superstar STEM volunteers.

Minerals

Breaking the mould: gold-digging fungi found in WA

Australian scientists have discovered gold-coated fungi near Boddington in Western Australia. And it may offer clues for finding new gold deposits.

Other news

Aussie teens win prizes at the ‘Olympics of Science and Engineering’

Game on! This year, over 1800 students from around the world competed for a share of $5 million USD at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

Health

Can AI help fight antibiotic-resistant superbugs?

Humanity is in a race against time to develop new ways to keep rapidly evolving superbugs in check. We’re collaborating on an AI-powered network to help.

Other news

Recapping Pint of Science in 140 characters

From 20-22 May, Pint of Science wanted you to experience science first hand, straight from the horse's mouth. But rather than recounting how much fun it was to hear emerging research over a pint (or two!), why don't we do the same? Let's experience Pint of Science first hand!

Environment

Eastern China pinpointed as source of rogue ozone-depleting emissions

Research published by an international team today in Nature used a global network of monitoring stations to pinpoint the source of the rogue emissions. According to these data, 40-60% of the increase in emissions seen since 2013 is due to possibly illegal industrial activity in the Chinese provinces of Shandong and Hebei.

Turning methane into carbon dioxide could help us fight climate change

In a paper published today in Nature Sustainability, we propose a new technique to clean the atmosphere of the second most powerful greenhouse gas people produce: methane. The technique could restore the concentration of methane to levels found before the Industrial Revolution, and in doing so, reduce global warming by one-sixth.

How synthetic jellyfish could be used to clean up toxic marine spills

An exciting new synthetic biology research project is looking at ways to deploy ‘pseudo jellyfish’ to clean up harmful spills in oceans and waterways.

Oceans
Tech

What we learnt from spending winter under Antarctic sea ice

A fleet of autonomous oceanic robots called 'Argo Floats' braved icy winter waters to learn more about melting ice in East Antarctica.

Other news

From the lab to your local

Move over karaoke wannabes, trivia die-hards and barfly buzz-killers because science is getting out of the lab and into your local for this years’ Pint of Science festival held on May 20-22.

Data61

Web of worries: are you unknowingly loading malicious content from “trusted” sites?

The World Wide Web is a tangled mass of interconnected services and our researchers have spotlighted a fundamental flaw in its design that has significant implications on privacy and security.

Dropping a line in the Indian Ocean

Sixty years after the first major study of the deep, unknown waters of the Indian Ocean, a team of scientists on our RV Investigator are returning to see what’s changed.