Collaborate Disseminate
Capturing energy from the Sun with solar panels is only half the story – that energy needs to be stored somewhere for later use. In the case of flow batteries, storage is relegated to vats of liquid. Now, an international team led by University of Wisc… Continue reading Solar flow battery efficiently stores renewable energy in liquid form
A new analysis of fossilized bones, unearthed 47 years ago in Australia, indicate that they’re from a previously unknown giant prehistoric relative of the wombat. It’s so different from other marsupials, however, that it’s been placed in a family all o… Continue reading Newly classified prehistoric wombat relative was as big as a bear
While some cholesterol is a healthy thing for properly functioning cells, too much of it can cause blockages in the arteries and heart trouble, along with a host of other negative health outcomes. Scientists have discovered a new mechanism by which a “… Continue reading Protein pair form entry tunnel for bad cholesterol to enter cells
Developing new technologies that can capture carbon dioxide from power plant emissions and convert it into useful products is a huge area of research with all kinds of potential (there’s even a US$20-million XPrize dedicated to such endeavors). Scienti… Continue reading New way to convert CO2 into Lego-like building blocks of useful products
In 2012, researchers opened up a promising new avenue in the pursuit of advanced treatments for obesity with the discovery of “beige fat,” a type of adipose tissue genetically distinct from white and brown fat that plays an important role in the way ca… Continue reading Rare type of immune cell found to protect against obesity in mice
Modern science has presented us with some experimental compounds that offer exciting possibilities when it comes to tackling obesity. Some trick the body into thinking that it has already had enough to eat, others manipulate the metabolic process so th… Continue reading Fat-fighting molecule sees the body burn more fuel
An international team of scientists is conducting the experiments designed for NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover here on Earth. Led by University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney astrobiologist Bonnie Teece, the purpose is to provide a baseline with which… Continue reading Perseverance Mars rover experiments get dry run on Earth
To get a sense of how “normal” the Sun may be, astronomers have compared the Sun to hundreds of similar stars. It turns out that it’s actually far less active than its peers – but is this a permanent personality, or is it just going through a phase?Con… Continue reading Is the Sun always this quiet or is it just a phase?
Traditional computers, which perform their wonderfully quick calculations using millions of simple on/off transistors organized into logic gates, spent the last half a century getting faster and faster, to the point where we could reasonably expect the… Continue reading Landmark hot qubit research promises bigger, cheaper quantum computers
“We are sidestepping all of the scientific challenges that have held fusion energy back for more than half a century,” says the director of an Australian company that claims its hydrogen-boron fusion technology is already working a billion times better… Continue reading Radical hydrogen-boron reactor leapfrogs current nuclear fusion tech