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28 Aug 2020
Australian scientists hope to start experiments to detect dark matter as early as next year, following the successful excavation of the site for the underground laboratory at the Stawell Gold Mines.
21 Aug 2020
Abrupt climate changes during the Last Glacial Period, some 115,000 to 11,700 years ago, happened at the same time across a region extending from the Arctic to the Southern Hemisphere subtropics, new research has revealed.
18 Aug 2020
People working away from home face greater health and relationship challenges, but simple steps by workers, their families and employers can remedy this, according to new research.
6 Aug 2020
The health of wallabies and kangaroos is being affected by the herbicide, atrazine, which is used widely in Australia on cereal crops and in forestation to prevent weeds, according to new research.
24 Jul 2020
City-dwellers need to switch off their garden lights at night-time, according to a new study of magpies and pigeons that reveals the harmful impact artificial light is having on birds’ sleep patterns.
25 Jun 2020
New research has revealed for the first time that shield bugs use a variety of colours throughout their lives to avoid predators.
19 Jun 2020
University of Melbourne scientists are leading the call for Australians to step outside on the longest night of the year to help measure light pollution and break a world record for the number of people counting the stars.
17 Jun 2020
Science and engineering researchers at the University of Melbourne have been awarded a $3.95 million Australian Government grant to help develop cutting edge space capabilities in Australia.
5 Jun 2020
A Roadmap to fast-track flourishing green roofs, walls and facades in Australian cities released today promotes six positive actioned based strategies to help grow green cities. Researchers collaborating on the project also say the recommendations could provide a COVID-19 stimulus and support recovery.
4 Jun 2020
New research near Uluru in Australia’s arid centre shows that rock structures formed deep within the ancient Gondwana supercontinent controlled the rupture pathways of one of Australia’s largest modern earthquakes.
20 May 2020
Australia has often been unfairly portrayed as an old and idle continent with little geological activity, but new research suggests that we remain geologically active and that some of our mountains are still growing.
19 May 2020
University of Melbourne and Queensland Museum palaeontologists have today announced the discovery of new extinct Australian megafauna that lived until 40,000 years ago in tropical northern Australia.
14 May 2020
Scientists from the University of Melbourne, CSIRO and the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) have successfully produced in a laboratory setting a coral that is more resistant to increased seawater temperatures.
24 Apr 2020
The use of big data can help scientists’ chart not only the degradation of the environment but can be part of the solution to achieve sustainability, according to a new commentary paper.
3 Apr 2020
Researchers have found strong evidence that the risk for armed conflict is higher after a climate-related disaster, but only in vulnerable countries.
19 Mar 2020
People with hard-to-reach cancers in the kidney, gut and prostate will have improved hope for early diagnosis and treatment with new research aimed at increasing the shelf life of revolutionary radiation drugs.
13 Mar 2020
New University of Melbourne research has revealed that ice ages over the last million years ended when the tilt angle of the Earth's axis was approaching higher values.
3 Mar 2020
The swamp wallaby is the only mammal that is permanently pregnant throughout its life according to new research about the reproductive habits of marsupials.
13 Feb 2020
Scientists have discovered hundreds of unusually large, bacteria-killing viruses with capabilities normally associated with living organisms.
6 Feb 2020
Mud wasp nests have helped establish a date for one of the ancient styles of Aboriginal rock art in the Kimberley.