New project uses plastic waste for sustainable manufacturing of furnished homes
When it comes to plastic waste, the statistics are both sobering and terrifying. According to the United Nations Environment Programme, about 400 million tonnes of plastic waste are produced every year.
Securing global food supply focus of international agriculture conference
Feeding the world’s spiralling population amidst the ravages of climate change will be the focus of a major agriculture conference which gets underway in Brisbane today.
Single dose of Pfizer BioNTech vaccine reduces asymptomatic infections and potential for SARS-CoV-2 transmission
New data from Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge suggests that a single dose of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine can reduce by 75% the number of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections.
Workplace injury and illness costs tens of thousands of work years: study
Australia loses 41,194 work years annually due to work-related injury, disease and mental health conditions, a new measure of the national burden of workplace injury and illness has found.
The vaccine news is great, but here’s the catch
Opinion: How would this promised Pfizer vaccine get from the factory to being administered? Does this mean we can stop doing things to stop Covid-19 transmission?
Modernist architecture of West Auckland inspires contemporary take on jewellery
An exhibition featuring 18 “pieces of adornment” designed and made by Gina Hochstein, School of Architecture and Planning, explores the relationship between jewellery and the modernist architecture of the 1950s and 1960s in Titirangi, Auckland, and the lives of women who lived in those buildings.
University of Hull Low-carbon Tech Helps Council Cut Co2 Emissions
An innovative University of Hull cooling system has helped Hull City Council reduce electricity consumption at its data centre by as much as 80 per cent.
Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery launches season with a new look
Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery is set to reopen later this month with a new exhibition, Sustaining the art of practice on display in the renovated gallery.
A mother’s diet can protect her grandchildren’s brains: genetic model study
Mothers who eat apples and herbs in early pregnancy could be protecting the brain health of their children and grandchildren, a Monash University study using genetic models has found.
New study finds indoor mining service workers feeling the heat
A new study by The University of Western Australia has revealed that indoor service workers in the mining industry bear the brunt of the cognitive, productivity and health impacts of extreme heat...
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