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Gene-based diagnostics boosted by innovative test strips
Circular DNA structures hinder Cas12a activation, enabling self-catalysis in DNA/RNA sensing.
Researchers develop AI models to predict suicide and self-harm in adolescents
AI is increasingly being used in mental health to detect high-risk individuals.
Universal siRNA treatment for COVID-19 shows promise
Novel siRNAs show promise against multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants.
Scientists identified a 240-million-year-old fossil of a giant lizard-like creature
Scientists name new species of giant amphibian found in retaining wall.
Ketamine is effective for treatment-resistant depression
Promising results in a trial of ketamine for severe depression could lead to treatment becoming more affordable.
The frog-id app helps scientists learn more about frog calls
Citizen science helps scientists test the acoustic adaptation hypothesis.
Identifying the cause of mysterious heart disease in women
Researchers are investigating the genetics of spontaneous coronary artery dissection.
Smartphone screens can be used to map magnetic fields
Hand-held magnetic field imaging can used for construction safety & medical diagnostics.
Severe respiratory infections linked to congenital cardiovascular defects
Severe respiratory infections during pregnancy increase risk of cardiovascular defects at birth.
Introducing bacteria to a tumor’s microenvironment converts immune cells to cancer killers
The research could lead to better treatments for people with advanced or previously untreatable cancers.
A new way of precisely controlling single electrons nestled in quantum dots
Discovery of previously unknown effects makes compact, ultra-fast control of spin qubits possible.
New kind of solar cells generate electricity even at night
Technology can now deliver power in the dark.
Scientists solved the mystery of comet’s green shade
The team solved this mystery with the help of a vacuum chamber, many lasers, and one powerful cosmic reaction.
Hot qubits solved the biggest constraints to practical quantum computers
Most quantum computers require multi-million-dollar refrigeration to work at fractions of a degree above absolute zero. But, they start overheating once plugged into conventional...
Building blocks for life on Earth arrived much later than we thought
An international team of geologists—drove by the University of Cologne and UNSW researchers—have recently found a clue about the beginning of oceans and life...
Why men live shorter lives than women?
On average, women live longer than men. 57% of all those ages 65 and older are female. By age 85, 67% are women. The...
Scientists create new method of fusion energy
Australian scientists have recently developed a method to create fusion with lasers that do not require radioactive fuel elements. The study has provided evidence that...
Study suggests why women take sexy selfies
Women live in societies that value their appearance more than their other qualities. The argument is usually that when you see sexualization, you see...
Ultrahigh-pressure laser experiments enlightens cores of super-Earth exoplanets
Researchers have identified more than 2,000 of these "super-Earths," exoplanets that are bigger than Earth, however, smaller than Neptune. By examining how iron and...
Children of youngest and oldest mothers at higher risk of developmental vulnerabilities
According to a new study by the UNSW scientists, kids born to adolescent moms have the increased danger of developmental vulnerabilities at age 5,...
New four-stranded structure that comes and goes in the DNA
For the first time in the world, UNSW researchers have identified a new DNA structure – called the i-motif, a twisted ‘knot’ of DNA inside...
Finding lost siblings of the Sun
UNSW scientists in collaboration with European scientists demonstrated that the “DNA”, or spectra, of more than 340,000 stars in the Milky Way could aid them...
Smart technology in public spaces can help create cities that are both smart and sociable
How are shrewd urban communities intended to address subject issues? Enormous information from a system of sensors can give administrators and organizers a constant,...
New puzzle for astronomers who discover a new object within a dead star
Scientists have discovered the X-ray emitting neutron star in an approximately 2,000-year-old supernova remnant in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite dwarf galaxy of...
Why the long face? Explanation found for Neanderthals’ huge noses
The big noses and long faces of Neanderthals may have evolved to...
New tool sheds light on solar potential of buildings
Another online platform that will advise choices about how mortgage holders and urban organizers can benefit as much as possible from chances to utilize...
How changes in climate and land use will impact groundwater?
Researchers from UNSW and Germany are directing exploration this week at Wellington Caves in NSW as a feature of a worldwide undertaking to better...
World-first graphene-based filter to improve the quality of drinking water
UNSW researchers have built up a world-first graphene-based, lab scale filter that can expel over 99% of the omnipresent regular natural matter abandoned amid...