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History & Culture

Defining Moments in Australian History: Penicillin breakthrough

…research interests. Related: 20 Australian inventions that changed the world Ten years later, Howard Florey, an Australian scientist working in England, brought together a team of research scientists (including Ernst…

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NSW estuaries are warming at twice the rate of the ocean

…coastal vegetation such as mangroves and saltmarsh in the coming decades and reduce their capacity to mitigate storm damage and sea-level rise,” says Pauline Ross, who leads the research group…

Wildlife

Cocky whispering at Coomallo Creek

…applied his skills of keen observation and scientific rigour in one of the nation’s most detailed studies on Carnaby’s black-cockatoos. Certainly, his is the longest-running research on the species led…

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Changing the clocks could save Queensland's koalas

…researchers at the University of Queensland, every year over 300 koalas are killed from vehicle collisions in the state. The research shows that these collisions generally occur in the late…

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Platypus, echidna venom could help treat diabetes

AUSTRALIAN RESEARCHERS have discovered that a hormone produced in both platypus and echidna venom could hold the key to treating type-2 diabetes. Research led by Professor Frank Grützner at the…

Science & Environment

Teaching reptiles to avoid cane toads earns top honour in PM’s science prizes

…native animals a better chance of avoiding being caught on the hop. Professor Shine’s research has also explored ways to stop cane toads reproducing, by lacing traps with pheromones from…

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More funding needed for thylacine genome

…genomes. “We picked the thylacine as a worst-case scenario, a futile effort,” Stephan says. “It doesn’t have a close relative.” This research could provide insight into the evolutionary biology of…

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Humans killed most of Australia's megafauna: study

…to extinction by the first Australians, about 50,000 years ago, or a combination of hunting and climate change, says Miller. New evidence To address this mystery, a research team from…

History & Culture

65,000-year-old plant remains reveal the diet of the earliest known Aboriginal Australians

…comparatively little about the people who made it, including their culture, technology, diet, and how they managed to thrive in these new landscapes. Our research, published today in Nature Communications,…

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Traffic noise killing off frogs

…metres, she says. Kirsten’s research was also detailed in the journal Ecology and Society last year. Similarly, the southern brown tree frog (Litoria ewingii), also found in Melbourne, has to…

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Defining Moments in Australian History: Penicillin breakthrough

NSW estuaries are warming at twice the rate of the ocean

Cocky whispering at Coomallo Creek

Changing the clocks could save Queensland's koalas

Platypus, echidna venom could help treat diabetes

Teaching reptiles to avoid cane toads earns top honour in PM’s science prizes

More funding needed for thylacine genome

Humans killed most of Australia's megafauna: study

65,000-year-old plant remains reveal the diet of the earliest known Aboriginal Australians

Traffic noise killing off frogs