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crops on field
Plants

Critical crops’ alternative way to survive stressful, dry conditions

Ashwini Sakharkar

All C4 crops are critical for global food security.

ancient spider
Science

16 million years old largest spider fossil found in Australia

Pranjal Malewar

There have been very few fossil spiders found in Australia which makes the discovery very significant.

Ball phyton snake closeup head
Health

Python parasite found in Australian woman’s brain

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Human neural larva migrans Linked to ophidascaris robertsi Ascarid.

Wild pigs release the same emissions as 1 million cars each year
Environment

Wild pigs release the same emissions as 1 million cars each year

Pranjal Malewar

Assessing the threat of invasive species is an important tool for reducing carbon emissions.

New technology can potentially tame lightning
Technology

New technology can potentially tame lightning

Ashwini Sakharkar

This technology may induce electrical discharge from passing lightning, helping to guide it to safe targets and reduce the risk of catastrophic fires

Exercise can help prevent liver cancer, study
Health

Exercise can help prevent liver cancer, study

Pranjal Malewar

A new study offers evidence that doing exercise can help prevent the most common type of liver cancer hepatocellular carcinoma. Through this study, scientists...

Researchers Anke Marie Hoefer and Adrian Garrido Sanchis test the FrogPhone. Credit: Marta Yebra Alvarez
Technology

FrogPhone: a novel device to call up a frog

Amit Malewar

Dial-a-frog.

An artist's impression of the fast radio burst detected on October 17 2018 at the Molonglo Radio Telescope near Canberra, Australia. Credit: James Josephides/Swinburne
Space

Detecting fast radio bursts in real time using AI

Amit Malewar

Five bursts were captured using the machine learning system and published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

Plants are currently absorbing more CO2 to slow down climate change
Environment

Plants are currently absorbing more CO2 to slow down climate change

Pranjal Malewar

Global climate change caused by CO 2 emissions can stress terrestrial vegetation, potentially decreasing production. On the other hand, CO 2 interacts directly with...

This New Hard Diamond Harder Than A Jeweller's Diamond
Technology

New Hard Diamond Harder Than A Jeweller’s Diamond

Amit Malewar

For all its beauty, a diamond is actually an extremely simple material. From thousands of years, mankind has been besotted by the beauty of...

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