News Research on feeding the world wins PM’s Prize for Science …Professor Graham Farquhar’s research has transformed our understanding of photosynthesis, led to the development of drought-resistant wheat varieties and probed a mystery about declining evaporation rates and wind speeds around…
News Flowers can hear bees, new research suggests FLOWERS CAN hear and respond to the sound of buzzing bees, which spurs them to produce a more sugary nectar, new research has found. The findings from the study, recently…
Wildlife Searching for the infamous western desert taipan …search of the best waves. Now, translate that enthusiasm into finding and photographing reptiles in the wild and you’ll begin to understand the passion that I have for these animals….
Wildlife New research shows snakebites are rarer than you think DESPITE THE COMMON belief that Australia has some of the most venomous snakes in the world, our new research shows being bitten by a snake is uncommon in Australia and…
News Google program helping research …for researchers Without having access to Google’s data, Elizabeth’s research would not be possible, she says. “It just wouldn’t be an option. At the moment we look over very large…
News Rare documents reveal search for Australia …by explorer Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, who was appealing to the King of Spain for funding to search for the fabled southern continent. The artefacts round out the library’s collection, which…
News First search for atmospheres around Earth-sized exoplanets ASTRONOMER’S USING NASA’s Hubble telescope have conducted the first search for atmospheres around two temperate, Earth-sized planets outside our Solar System – and found indications that increase their chances of…
News If K'gari (Fraser Island) didn't exist, neither would the Great Barrier Reef, research finds …tropics if K’gari did not direct it off the shelf. Our research has established the age of K’gari as being older than the Greater Barrier Reef. This suggests the reef…
News Dingoes are genetically different from domestic dogs, new research reveals …are fundamentally different from domestic dogs. In research published today in Science Advances, in collaboration with 25 researchers from four countries, we show dingoes are an early offshoot of modern…
Science & Environment Searching for Australia's tallest trees: Karris …Tall flowering trees CLARE WAS OUR sixth big tree in two days. We’d been searching because no-one really knows how big karris get. You hear pub talk in old forestry…