Global health risks hit climate-induced highs
Two thirds of the indicators tracking global health risks have hit new record highs.
The 2024 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change has revealed an escalation in
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Australia’s weather continues to intensify on all fronts
Australia’s weather has intensified over the past two years with an increase in extreme heat events, longer fire seasons, more heavy rainfall and sea level rise.
The
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Hacked medical devices expose billion-dollar security risk
A team of Australian researchers have hacked into a range of medical devices to expose the vulnerabilities in the multi-billion-dollar market.
Scientists from Charles
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Vegemite inventor honoured with new scholarship
Southern Cross University has a new scholarship named in honour of the scientist best known as the inventor of Vegemite.
The Cyril Callister Foundation is offering the
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New facility to print flexible solar cells on plastic
A flexible solar cell manufacturing facility has opened in Victoria to fast-track development of the technology.
Operated by the CSIRO, the complex can produce thousands
Read more30 October 2024
Giant clams placed on critically endangered list
The giant clam is in danger of going extinct after suffering a population plunge of more than 80 percent over the last century.
University of Colorado Boulder
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Aging animals scale down social networks
Animals show similar traits to humans as they age, reducing their social networks and not making new friends.
A collection of 16 studies, including six from the
Read more30 October 2024
Central Queensland highway a koala death trap
Almost three koalas a week are killed on a 50km stretch to road in Central Queensland, elevating the risk to the region’s already endangered population.
Researchers
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Population growth prompts expanded Prep enrolments
More than a dozen schools across south-east Queensland will expand Prep enrolments next year in response to rapid population growth.
Brisbane Catholic Education (BCE)
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Science edges toward a new periodic table element
Just when you thought you had remembered them all, science seemed headed towards a new element on the periodic table.
Scientists at Lund University in Sweden have
Read more29 October 2024