Largest solar farm aims to export power to Asia
Australia’s largest solar farm has received Federal Government approval, with plans to export the power it produces to Singapore.
SunCable’s Australia-Asia Power
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The secret world of the dunnart
By Mechelle McMahon
They live in an underground world, hidden down the cracks of hardened clay in the grasslands of outback Queensland – small as a mouse, cute as a
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This week is once in a blue moon
We are told that rare things happen “once in a blue moon”. Over the next three days, there will indeed be a blue moon.
According to NASA, the moon event this week is
Read more20 August 2024
Breakthrough in reducing toxic waterway runoff
Bioreactors have proven to be successful in significantly reducing toxic run-off into waterways.
Researchers at Southern Cross University have found evidence that
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Brain’s ‘gears’ key to energy-efficient AI
The human brain could hold the key to minimising the climate impact of energy-hungry technology like ChatGPT.
University of Sydney researchers are developing an AI
Read more19 August 2024
Extreme weather impact triples since 2000
The impact of extreme weather in Australia has more than tripled since the start of the century.
New data released by the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) shows
Read more19 August 2024
Stargazers centre of lighting pollution fight
A Sydney headland has become the first officially recognised city-based stargazing zone in the Southern Hemisphere under a program aimed to preserve night skies from
Read more19 August 2024
Business can create both financial and social profits
A global study has found businesses can succeed financially by embracing critical global issues.
The research, which involved Melbourne’s Monash University, explored
Read more19 August 2024
Waves of support for climate-anxious youths
Surfers have joined forces with a filmmaker and a mental health advocate to help young people cope with climate-change induced anxiety.
Through a new program, which
Read more15 August 2024
Toxic microplastics ‘upcycled’ into graphene
North Queensland researchers have developed a process to convert microplastics into a product harder than diamond.
James Cook University Professor Mohan Jacob said the
Read more14 August 2024