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Chicken wire linked on the nano-scale could be the key to real-time, high throughput DNA sequencing, which would revolutionise medical research and testing.

Published on: EngineeringCareer

New figures show gay men earn around 20 per cent less than their heterosexual counterparts, while lesbians out-earn heterosexual women by at least 33 per cent.

Published on: ExecutiveCareer

The national maritime union and an associated labour hire firm have been ordered to pay a Perth couple more than $720,000.

Published on: TradesCareer

A Northern Territory gold mine is on its way back to operation, after shutting down over ten years ago.

Published on: TradesCareer

MidCoast Water is doing damage control after a chlorine overdose in one NSW town’s water supply.

Published on: WaterCareer

The severe water issues facing Broken Hill are getting worse, and the town is crying out for help.

Published on: WaterCareer

The Australian Marine Conservation Society says dredging near the Great Barrier Reef should be banned altogether.

Published on: GreenCareer

A New South Wales water authority says it has detected pollution in one regional dam, kicking up a stoush in several political arenas.

Published on: WaterCareer

Local research body the Climate Council says the probability of drought in Australia will increase, and they will become more severe.

Published on: GreenCareer

Researchers are unravelling the puzzling paradox of the seahorse’s tail.

Published on: GreenCareer

A study using over a decade of data has found no evidence of negative effects in livestock fed on genetically-modified foods.

Published on: GreenCareer

The Federal Government has put its cards on the table in regard to tax reform, and is moving slowly following the release of a very broad discussion paper.

Published on: ExecutiveCareer

The iron price has dropped again, and Andrew Forrest is having trouble finding friends to fix it.

Published on: ExecutiveCareer

BHP Billiton has proposed six reforms in a submission to the Productivity Commission, which are aimed at ending its battles with unions.

Published on: TradesCareer

West Australian authorities want to reduce the death toll in one of Australia’s most dangerous sectors – agriculture.

Published on: OHSCareer

The CFMEU wants to end the practice of stocking coal mines with a 100 per cent FIFO workforce.

Published on: LogisticsCareer

The $60 million Wagga Wagga Freight Hub is on track to begin construction next year.

Published on: LogisticsCareer

Freedom of Information applications have been lodged in an effort to find out the details of a rumoured huge price increase at the Port of Melbourne.

Published on: LogisticsCareer

The Transport Workers' Union is fighting against the Federal Government’s moves to abandon the road safety watchdog.

Published on: LogisticsCareer

Experts have embarked on a quest to build the next generation of robotic underwater mining systems.

Published on: EngineeringCareer

Two crew members will be on the flight deck of any aircraft with 50 seats or more, following changes made by Australian regulators this week.

Published on: LogisticsCareer

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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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