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CSIRO CONFIRMS LOCATION OF MV BLYTHE STAR SHIPWRECK, ENDING 50-YEAR MYSTERY
An investigation by CSIRO research vessel (RV) Investigator has confirmed the location of the wreck of…
NEW TECH TO DRIVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY GAINS IN AUSTRALIAN HOMES
Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, and property data analytics company CoreLogic Australia are trialling a new…
Earthquake research shaking up tailings dam safety
UNSW geotechnical expert says one in four international tailings dam failures are due to earthquakes. Did…
April’s total solar eclipse over Ningaloo: the first of five for Australia
At 11.29 am AWST on Thursday 20 April 2023 the sun disappeared over Ningaloo. It reappeared…
CSIRO embarks on a mission to create a ‘weather service’ for water quality
CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, today launched AquaWatch Australia, a mission to deliver a world first…
Innovative building materials help moderate temperature year-round
The next generation of supercooling materials can help keep cities cooler in summer and warmer in…
Too much heavy metal stops stars producing
Stars are giant factories that produce most of the elements in the Universe – including the…
LIFE IN THE ‘DEAD’ HEART OF AUSTRALIA
New Australian fossil site offers details of verdant landscape 15 million years ago A team of…
Comets’ heads can be green, but never their tails
After 90 years, we finally know why December 21, 2021 The team solved this mystery with…
Official: Arctic temperature record broken
An Arctic temperature record has been officially broken in a Siberian town during a prolonged heatwave…
Robot ‘artist’ with eyes delivers international growth for Aussie company – and creates new jobs for humans
Queensland company Urban Art Projects (UAP) has skyrocketed its international business more than 30% by using…
Camfecting: how hackers attack by gaining access to your webcam
Beware of malicious files called Trojans that could give hackers access to your computer webcam without…
New poll finds Australian teens want to more easily delete online profiles
Australian teenagers want to be able to delete their online profiles, say they’re targeted with hyper-specific…
Look up in the sky, it’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s a flying car!
While the idea of hovering motor vehicles might once have been considered far fetched, it’s certainly…
New ocean temperature data help scientists make their hot predictions
So many climate models, so little time … A new way of measuring ocean temperatures helps…
Health insights from the first year of COVID-19 in Australia
A new report into the health effects of COVID-19 on Australians during 2020 and early 2021…
Wet and warm spring for eastern Australia
Spring in Australia may see more rain than usual in the east and a dry outlook…
Engineers make critical advance in quantum computer design
A decades-old problem about how to reliably control millions of qubits in a silicon quantum computer…