Trees are better for us than we realise
The University of Adelaide’s Environment Institute and Green Adelaide will host an evening with pioneering environmentalist Jon Dee, highlighting the health-giving potential of trees.
Children turn scientists in outdoor lab
University of Leeds researchers met hundreds of children and their parents at stalls in the city’s Millennium Square.
Here’s why UK tides are soon going to play a much bigger part in...
Tidal energy has long lurked at the back of the UK’s renewable energy arsenal, outshone by its wind and solar counterparts due in part to early issues with technology readiness and high costs.
University experts take top honours in science excellence
The University of Adelaide’s Professor Shizhang Qiao has been named as SA Scientist of the Year in this year’s Science Excellence and Innovation Awards.
How do pay cuts and layoffs affect morale and productivity?
Experimental economist Ananish Chaudhuri says that contrary to what you might think, cutting pay won’t reduce worker productivity.
Serious Gaming – Using applied immersive games for education, work and wonder
Computer games are not just for entertainment – they’re seriously powerful tools to solve complex problems, according to a University of Canterbury expert on applied immersive games.
University of Alberta spinoff company’s innovative technology could treat retinal diseases that affect millions...
PulseMedica’s made-in-Alberta imaging technology and devices target age-related macular degeneration and other eye diseases.
Collaborative study of natural hydrocarbon seep in Canada’s Arctic reveals presence of methane-degrading bacteria,...
Residents of the Nunavut hamlet of Clyde River and the nearby communities have long known about a naturally occurring hydrocarbon seep in Baffin Bay’s Scott Inlet.
Nine out of 10 Aussies have low vitamin D intakes, Curtin study shows
A new Curtin University study has found 95 per cent of Australians have low vitamin D intakes, with researchers recommending food sources such as oily fish and eggs.
UNSW chemist honoured by Australian Academy of Science for decades-long achievements
Professor Justin Gooding has been recognised for his innovative work, including commercialising one of the most used analytical medical devices in the world, the blood glucose meter.
