Australian-led GALAH project releases chemical information for 600,000 stars. Image Additional Information Media release below How do stars destroy lithium? Was a drastic change in the shape of the Milky Way caused by the sudden arrival of millions of stellar stowaways? These are just a couple of the astronomical questions likely to be answered following…
Images Additional Information Media release below Australian researchers find ways to overcome the blinding glare of quasars The telescope, due to launch in late 2021, is the largest, most powerful and complex space telescope ever built. Two new studies led by Madeline Marshall from Australia’s University of Melbourne and the ARC Centre of Excellence in…
Researchers want to know Talent available for interview and quotes Does cutting your contribution to climate change also improve your mental health? Researchers want to know how you’re dealing with eco-anxiety. The public health scientists – from Melbourne’s Deakin and Monash universities – are exploring how bad news about the environment brings us down and…
Written and issued by Genepool In an unusual turn of events, Melbourne based filmmaker Sonya Pemberton has become a co-author on a paper that has just been published in the top international journal Science. The paper, ‘Global citizen deliberation on genome editing’ is calling for the creation of a global “citizens’ assembly”, made up of ordinary…
Extended quotes from selected authors John Dryzek, Centenary Professor at the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance at the University of Canberra’s Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis “A global citizens’ assembly will be a major step forward as the architecture of global governance of genome editing gets constructed. It will bring to bear…
Colliding neutron stars were touted as the main source of some of the heaviest elements in the Periodic Table. Now, not so much … Neutron star collisions do not create the quantity of chemical elements previously assumed, a new analysis of galaxy evolution finds. The research also reveals that current models can’t explain the amount…
Microbial life may be present in the atmosphere of Venus, according to a paper published in Nature Astronomy today. (Written by Rohan Byrne, our resident geoscientist. Follow him at @buildmeaplanet) Traces of a telltale gas called phosphine have been detected in sunlight bouncing off the planet. The gas, a rare chemical sometimes used as a…
Research conducted by former Fresh Science participant Dale Robinson has been covered in the 2020-2021 edition of Defence Science and Technology’s Outlook magazine. Dr Robinson is a biomedical engineer at the University of Melbourne. Minimising severe injury from blast events on military vehicles Blast events inflicted on military vehicles are a consistent threat in contemporary…
National Carbon Counter project proves a hit as individuals, families and schools pledge to lower emissions. Media release: 25 August, 2020 More than 11,000 people have signed up to Carbon Counter, the countrywide challenge produced by the ABC Science Unit for National Science Week. The challenge shows families, individuals and schools how to reduce their…
Saturday 22 August 2020 Highlights from day eight of National Science Week 115 events, 235 competitions and online activities, and dozens of great stories and talent. Researchers, experts, and other interesting people available for interview around the country. National: Discover storms on Jupiter in a virtual reality tour of the solar system National: Discover new…