Transformative Battery Recycling Centre awarded funding
A University of Adelaide researcher will help transform Australia’s battery and resource industry after being awarded a $5 million Australian Research Council (ARC) Industrial Transformation grant.
New tool gauges impacts of warming waters on over 200 fish species
Warming ocean waters could reduce the ability of fish, especially large ones, to extract the oxygen they need from their environment.
New model reduces bias and enhances trust in AI decision-making and knowledge organization
University of Waterloo researchers have developed a new explainable artificial intelligence (AI) model to reduce bias and enhance trust and accuracy in machine learning-generated decision-making and knowledge organization.
Cracking a tough nut for macadamia growers
Macadamia researchers are breeding thinner shells for bigger kernels and tougher husks for resisting pests.
Omicron infection may leave seniors more susceptible to future COVID infections, say McMaster researchers
Researchers at McMaster University have found that rather than conferring immunity against future infections, infection during the first Omicron wave of COVID left the seniors they studied much more vulnerable to reinfection during the second Omicron wave.
Not all banking crises involve panics
Picture people lining up to withdraw their money during the Great Depression or customers making a run on Britain’s Northern Rock bank in 2007.
Early career researchers awarded $2.15M federal funding
Five academics at The University of Western Australia have been awarded a total of $2.15 million in Federal Government funding for research projects ranging from pioneering biotechnology with liquid proteins...
Astronomers uncover mysterious origins of ‘super-Earths’
Study shows super-Earths are not leftovers of mini-Neptunes, challenging our understanding of planetary formation.
High water mark for innovative UQ flood monitoring system
A tool developed by researchers at The University of Queensland that measures floodwater depth and velocity will be sold globally after it was licensed to a US-based company.
Chemists boost boron’s utility
A strategy for preventing boron-containing compounds from breaking down could help medicinal chemists design new drugs.
