Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and RMIT University have made a breakthrough in energy storage and power generation. The power generated relative to the energy source size is three to four times greater than what is currently possible with the best lithium-ion batteries. Professor Joel Schindall of MIT explains nanotube power generation… Continue Reading
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13% of Queensland women report abuse
New research reveals that 13% of Queensland women suffered physical abuse or sexual abuse, and 31% were subjected to various forms of non-physical abuse, by their current male partner. These figures are based on recent research by the Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research (CDFVR), based at CQUniversity Mackay Campus. The CDFVR survey… Continue Reading
Earth’s past gives clues to future changes
Scientists are a step closer to predicting when and where earthquakes will occur after taking a fresh look at the formation of the Andes, which began 45 million years ago. Published today in Nature, research led by Dr Fabio Capitanio of Monash University’s School of Geosciences describes a new approach to plate tectonics. It is the first… Continue Reading
Changes to sexuality and body image greatest concerns after breast cancer
Leading women’s health researchers from the University of Western Sydney have completed a study of the changes to sexual wellbeing and quality of life that women experience following breast cancer. The study, which was commissioned by Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA), involved surveys with 2210 individuals from the BCNA national network as well as 159 health… Continue Reading
9/11 terrorists made millions on the stock market: CSU academic
A Charles Sturt University (CSU) researcher says that what happens to financial markets after a terrorist attack, and how terrorists make money from these market movements, is illustrated by the suspicious trading that occurred immediately before the successful attacks on New York, Madrid and London. Dr Hugh McDermott, senior lecturer in law enforcement at the CSU… Continue Reading
Is that a robot in your suitcase?
A flying robot as small as a dinner plate that can zoom to hard-to-reach places and a fleet of eco-friendly robotic farm-hands are just two of the exciting projects the robotics team at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is working on. The pint-sized propellor-powered robots can be packed away into a suitcase. They have… Continue Reading
Twitter tracks health of Brisbane families
Mothers living in a higher socioeconomic Brisbane suburb cycle, walk and use public transportation twice as often as those from a disadvantaged area, new Queensland University of Technology (QUT) research shows. The QUT pilot study is believed to be the first of its kind in Australia, using social media and Google Earth to track the health… Continue Reading
Attitude to child discipline smacks of ambivalence
“No one deserves to be hit, let alone a child.” “That’s just a platitude, a new age bullshit platitude. You need to teach a child discipline and sometimes the discipline has to be physical. That’s how we learn what is acceptable and what is not.” This conversation from Christos Tsiolkas’s novel The Slap, now a… Continue Reading
Researchers reveal baby-killer birds
The mysterious behaviour of female Eclectus parrots killing their sons immediately after they hatch has been unravelled by a team of researchers from the Australian National University. In a paper published online in Current Biology this month, the team from the Fenner School of Environment and Society and the Research School of Biology describe the… Continue Reading
A new study to increase libido
A new study to determine if testosterone will improve libido in women who take antidepressants is underway at Monash University. The study will look at women aged between 35 and 55 years who have been taking antidepressant medication for at least three months and who are experiencing a loss of libido as a side effect… Continue Reading
China’s wake up call for Australian business
The increasing significance of Chinese private sector investment, a heightened appetite by China to develop and finance Australian resources and infrastructure projects, and Chinese banks choosing Australia as a platform for global expansion are among the opportunities identified by new research into the future of reciprocal trade between Australia and China.
Aboriginal genome reinterprets pre-history
New research which reinterprets the pre-history of humans has been gathered following the piecing together of an Aboriginal genome. The results of the study, conducted by an international research team from Griffith University and the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, were published yesterday in the international journal Science. Professor David Lambert from Griffith’s Environmental Futures Centre,… Continue Reading
