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Harvard researchers have found traces of potentially harmful substances in the vapour emitted by electronic cigarettes.

Published on: HealthCareer

Researchers in the US have discovered a new material for making biofuel, which had previously been discarded as part of the process.

Published on: GreenCareer

Farmers and residents around the NSW town of Caragabal are lobbying state and federal governments for funds to secure their water supply.

Published on: WaterCareer

With Paris climate talks stymied in indecision and ideological conflict, one researcher says appealing to a higher power might be the key.

Published on: GreenCareer

Coliban Water has awarded a tender to see the completion of the beleaguered Harcourt Rural Modernisation Project, south of Bendigo.

Published on: WaterCareer

Water users in New South Wales may be able to receive a credit on their water allocations for re-injecting groundwater back into aquifers.

Published on: WaterCareer

The former head of Tasmanian Irrigation, Chris Oldfield, is about to take up his new position as the Australian Consul General and Senior Trade Commissioner in San Francisco.

Published on: WaterCareer

Toxic blue-green algae has appeared in sections of the NSW’s Menindee Lakes.

Published on: WaterCareer

Beijing has issued its first-ever red alert for pollution, with a new blanket of choking smog about to descend on the city.

Published on: GreenCareer

German engineers are about to take the next step toward what could be the future of energy systems.

Published on: GreenCareer

The fate of around 800 Queensland workers hinges on an expected decision from Clive Palmer about his Yabulu nickel refinery near Townsville.

Published on: TradesCareer

Queensland businesses are beaming at the prospect of 2,000 new construction jobs lined up in the Surat Basin region.

Published on: TradesCareer

The Federal Government has unveiled a digitised version of Australia’s vast mapping network.

Published on: WaterCareer

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) is tightening the rules on shipping container weighing processes, leading to some concern within the industry.

Published on: LogisticsCareer

Iron ore is down again, continuing its slow decline to land at US$39.40 per tonne on the Steel Index.

Published on: TradesCareer

BHP says one of its iron trains derailed recently, but no one was injured.

Published on: LogisticsCareer

Miners at various sites have showed signs of ‘black lung’, and they are making their anger known.

Published on: TradesCareer

A quick and easy new blood-type test is near the end of its journey from high-tech Australian laboratories to the market.

Published on: EngineeringCareer

The Federal Government has put up almost $1.1 billion to promote business-based research, development and innovation over the next four years.

Published on: EngineeringCareer

Reports say the Turnbull government is looking to sell large chunks of the government-owned National Broadband Network.

Published on: ExecutiveCareer

Reports say up to 32 people are dead after one of the worst offshore oil disasters in history.

Published on: TradesCareer

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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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