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University of NSW researchers have developed a low-cost laser sensor that can quickly and accurately measure the velocity of commercial passenger aircraft to help prevent fatal plane crashes. Using facilities provided by the Defence Science and Technology Organisation in Melbourne, ...

Having a nice hot cup of cocoa at night not only tastes good but it might assist in decreasing the risk of dementia. A study funded by the Mars confectionary company tested the effect of daily cocoa intake on 90 ...

The world’s richest man has challenged inventors to develop a toilet that doesn’t need water and could also turn human waste into fuel. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has helped inventors with a $US1.3 million ($1.26 million) grant to ...

A study of Fukushima nuclear power plant workers has found almost half remained psychologically distressed three months after the disaster in March 2011, despite low levels of radiation found near the site. The study of nearly 10,000 residents in a ...

Students at the University of Colorado could be packing more than the usual pen and paper, after being told that firearms are welcome back in the classroom. Complying with a State Supreme Court ruling in March that overturned a 1994 ...

Murdoch University researchers may have solved one of sustainable energy’s greatest challenges: power storage for use in non-generation times. Project leaders, Dr Manickam Minakshi and Dr Danielle Meyrick from the school of chemical and mathematical sciences, say while the efficiency ...

Dolphin-like dinosaurs suffered from decompression sickness or “the bends” as a result of their deep dives, Melbourne researchers have discovered. The study by University of Melbourne pathologist Associate Professor John Hayman, published in the journal Naturwissenschaften: Science of Nature, found ...

Synthetic bone technology, developed here in Australia, could herald a major medical breakthrough that revolutionises the treatment of bone defects. We all tend to think of our bones as if they are scaffolding – rigid and fixed, solid, hard and ...

The great, open online university with students sitting in front of computers all day does not seem to be as successful as some people predicted. Almost overnight there appears to be the whiff of cultural revolt in the air. It’s ...

The Grattan Institute report that suggests we should consider pay-your-own-way degrees might work if we were all financially secure, but we aren’t. I’ve copped a little bit of stick over comments I made last week regarding the Grattan Institute’s report ...