Five ways nanotechnology is securing your future
Mar 22, 2016 11:29 am UTC| Science
The past 70 years have seen the way we live and work transformed by two tiny inventions. The electronic transistor and the microchip are what make all modern electronics possible, and since their development in the 1940s...
A golden age of ancient DNA science begins
Mar 22, 2016 01:33 am UTC| Science
If I had taken a straw poll among anthropologists 10 years ago ago asking them how far genetic research would come in the next decade, I doubt anyone would have come close to predicting the big impact fossil DNA work would...
Fighting superbugs with nanotechnology and light
Mar 21, 2016 14:24 pm UTC| Science
A new tool is emerging in the fight against antibiotic-resistant bacterial disease. Beyond the global efforts to limit overuse and abuse of antibiotic drugs, nanomedicine is finding additional ways to attack these...
Stem cell therapies are advancing, but will Australian patients be left behind?
Mar 21, 2016 07:39 am UTC| Science
Discoveries in stem cell science over the past decade are finally starting to reach the clinic. Current clinical trials are evaluating stem cell therapies for conditions ranging from eye disease to AIDS. These trials...
Comet 252P/LINEAR swings by Earth, much brighter than expected
Mar 20, 2016 15:57 pm UTC| Science
In a surprise to comet watchers, Comet 252P/LINEAR is rapidly brightening as it flies past Earth. The comet will make its closest approach around 12:15am on March 22 (AEDT), and itll be a close one for a comet, bringing it...
Supermassive black holes could be the source of mysterious cosmic rays
Mar 18, 2016 02:17 am UTC| Science
An international team of astronomers has discovered that the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy might be the source of mysterious high-energy cosmic rays that bombard the Earth on a daily basis. The...
How does genetics explain non-identical identical twins?
Mar 17, 2016 23:35 pm UTC| Science Health
Newspapers recently went wild with a story about identical twin sisters with a difference: they werent identical. Like all identical twins, Amelia and Jasmine arose from a single fertilised egg so have identical DNA, but...