Looking back 150,000 years to predict future monsoons
Evidence dating back 150,000 years points to future monsoon seasons across northern Australia being more intense.
Scientists from Townsville’s James Cook University
Read more10 July 2025Research & Science
Aussie quantum clock leaves rivals, and GPS, all at sea
A quantum clock built for the Australia Defence Force, as a back-up to GPS, has outperformed rivals and the Global Positioning System itself.
Developed at the University
Read more9 July 2025
World-first Aussie research looks at AI in sport
Aussie athletes at the Brisbane 2032 Games will have leveraged the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) thanks to a new collaboration.
The CSIRO and the Australian
Read more8 July 2025
Learning an instrument at any age preserves memory
Learning to play a musical instrument can delay memory decline and new research has shown you are never too old to start.
Scientists in Japan have found that practicing
Read more8 July 2025
QIMR salutes regions in medical research milestone
Regional input into world-leading medical breakthroughs have been put in the spotlight on the Sunshine Coast.
To mark 80 years of pioneering medical research, a team
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It’s a crime to deny how the AFP lit up Hollywood
Forty years ago the Australian Federal Police (AFP) invented a device which has changed the face of global forensics and Hollywood.
The iconic blue Polilight, featured
Read more7 July 2025
Micro approach to countering climate change
Greenhouse gas-munching microbes are the focus of new research out of Melbourne’s Monash University.
Study first author Francesco Ricci said the team hoped a closer
Read more7 July 2025
AI tool able to predict a human’s next move
A new AI tool, trained on 10 million human decisions, has been shown to be able to predict what we will do next in a myriad of situations.
A team of scientists, led by
Read more7 July 2025
Looking to nature to better prepare for disasters
A North Queensland trial is one of four under way across the country to test nature-based defences against natural disaster.
The First-Nations led cultural fire
Read more7 July 2025
Aussie life expectancy trumps United States numbers
The life expectancy of the most disadvantaged Australians is higher than that of an average American.
A new study, from The Australian National University (ANU) found
Read more4 July 2025