Biomolecular science professor Alan Mackay-Sim has been named Australian of the Year.
Published on: EngineeringCareer

A small parcel of CSG-rich Queensland has been set aside to produce gas for Australia only.
Published on: ExecutiveCareer

The ACT Government is looking at changing its long-standing ‘no billboards’ rule.
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WA Labor says there are 16 possible causes for lead contamination among the 3000 defects at the trouble-plagued Perth Children's Hospital.
Published on: GreenCareer

Authorities in Queensland will begin testing seafood for levels of a firefighting foam once used at Coolangatta airport.
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Heavy rain has allowed a gold mine north of Katherine to deliberately discharge contaminated water into a nearby river.
Published on: GreenCareer

Environment Tasmania has called on the Integrity Commission to investigate what it sees as a backflip by TasWater over dam plans.
Published on: WaterCareer

President Donald Trump has allowed controversial oil pipelines to move ahead, while gagging EPA workers.
Published on: GreenCareer

Europe’s beautiful yet haunting new underwater museum is open.
Published on: GreenCareer

A swarm of robots has measured waves and ocean currents in high-resolution 3D.
Published on: WaterCareer

Platelets - the wound-clotting agents of the blood - have been harnessed to deliver cancer treatment.
Published on: HealthCareer

The film and television union is shining a stark light on safety after the death of an actor during the filming of a music video...
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Engineers will review 1,500 South Australian bridges after structural problems emerged last week.
Published on: EngineeringCareer

Samsung Electronics says internal short circuiting in Galaxy Note 7 batteries caused the phones to catch fire – twice.
Published on: EngineeringCareer

A new study shows horses kill more Australians than all the country's venomous creatures put together.
Published on: GreenCareer

A Brazilian bank has filed a class action suit against BHP Billiton and Vale.
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Physicists have invented a tiny device that creates the highest quality holographic images ever achieved.
Published on: EngineeringCareer

The decommissioning, remediation and rehabilitation of the Hazelwood power station site will cost at least $743 million.
Published on: GreenCareer

New Hope Group has secured federal approval for its $900 million New Acland coal mine expansion.
Published on: GreenCareer

Investigations into South Australia’s big September blackout have slowed progress on the Victorian interconnector.
Published on: EngineeringCareer

The Government is seeking tenders for technology to check fingerprints and scan faces at airports.
Published on: EngineeringCareer

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For the last few weeks we have been bogged down in the very Earthly matters of royalty, budgets, politics, humanity and celebrity - all good prompts to look away, up into the infinite. 

Health authorities, politicians and scientists have been slowly introducing the world to the concept of ‘One Health’ - an all-inclusive approach to health that extends from the human body right through the global environment. 

This year’s Nobel Prizes honour discoveries that unwind our notion of truth, our understanding of ourselves and the human story, the complexities of cells and the very basics of the universe. 

XENOTRANSPLANTATION - sounds like something that would happen to an ill-fated crew member in Star Trek, but it is also a technical term for using non-human parts to treat or enhance our own bodies. 

Even though many of us have been forced indoors, the COVID-19 crisis is eroding our privacy.

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