Nature & Wildlife Searching for the marsupial mole …common marsupials in the arid zone,” he says. Interesting absence Joe joined the Australian Geographic Society’s ninth scientific expedition to search for signs of the itjaritjari, or southern marsupial mole, in…
News Best science and nature photos awarded …Early Career Research Dr Rowena Martin, Research School of Biology at the Australian National University Research: Mechanisms of drug resistance in the malaria parasite Leadership in Science Martin Green, Executive…
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Science & Environment A beautiful disaster …Parry as we arrive in early May 2024 on the RV Linckia II at The University of Sydney (USyd) research station on One Tree Island (OTI), a 4ha cay off…
News 2014 Eureka Prizes for science winners unveiled …Interdisciplinary Scientific Research Winner: SEARCH Project, University of Melbourne University of New South Wales Eureka Prize for Scientific Research Winner: B-cell Team, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research…
Travel How do you catch a killer in Oz? …in addition to continuing its photo-identification programme, PWF has commenced a new research study looking at the body condition of the whales in the bay. This research uses a technique…
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News The 2016 Eureka Prizes showcase the best in Australian science …This is the ultimate ambition behind the research of the 2016 UNSW Eureka Prize for Scientific Research winners, which was awarded to Melissa Little and Minoru Takasato from the Murdoch…
Science & Environment Record high to record low: what on earth is happening to Antarctica’s sea ice? …sea ice hold it is certain that the large year-to-year swings of Antarctica’s climate will continue to make this a challenging but critical environment for research. Nerilie Abram, Senior Research…
Science & Environment What’s the benefit in making human-animal hybrids? …Cell Research call for research where human gametes could be generated from human-animal chimeras to be prohibited, but supports research using human-animal chimeras conducted under appropriate review and oversight. Chimeric…
