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Synthetic bee silk set to take sting out of wounds

Synthetic dressings based on honeybee silk could be programmed to detect and combat infections in wounds and improve the healing process, researchers hope.

AAP · Oct 3

‘Robust little’ vessel begins treacherous 22,000km journey around Antarctica in the name of climate science

Powered by sun and wind, the uncrewed vehicle will collect data to help Australian scientists better understand how oceans absorb emissions

The Guardian - AU · Sep 25

In 1968, Australia released 275,000 dung beetles across its cattle country to solve a problem caused by imported cattle

Australia's dung beetle problem began almost two centuries before scientists found a solution, when European settlers introduced cattle whose droppings were unlike anything most native Australian dung beetles had evolved to process. The First Fleet brought five cows and two bulls in 1788, and as cattle numbers grew, their large,…

The Times of India · Aug 19

Suspected mass bird flu deaths found in second state as Murray Watt warns ‘this is the beginning’

Environment minister says Australia has ‘long and difficult journey’ and says more mass mortality events likely

The Guardian - AU · Aug 3

First Australian mass mortality event suspected as deadly bird flu virus rapidly escalates among native birds

Helicopter surveillance finds dead and dying greater crested terns off South Australian coast as H5 virus spreads

The Guardian - AU · Aug 1

More charitable opportunities for science: CSIRO head

The national science agency is lobbying philanthropists and businesses for donations as funding for research and development in Australia falls short.

AAP · Jul 28

Batteries are getting cheaper while gas gets pricier. Here’s why

Last summer, Australia’s electricity grid underwent a quiet but consequential shift.

The Conversation · Jul 28

Seven suspected new bird flu cases are ‘evidence of spread’ into Australian wildlife, experts warn

BirdLife Australia says discoveries of sick and dead local seabirds in South Australia show outbreak is ‘taking hold’

The Guardian - AU · Jul 27

Building dams to protect Lismore from flooding would cost billions. Could nature do it better?

The unprecedented flooding in New South Wales in 2022 killed 13 people across the state, left 4,000 properties uninhabitable and damaged a further 10,900 homes. Lismore was especially hard hit due to its location on the Wilson River floodplain.

The Conversation · Jul 19

In the early 1900s, prickly pear spread over 20 million hectares in Queensland, threatening ecosystems with its rapid growth of 1,000 hectares daily

An introduced cactus became an environmental disaster across Australia's landscapes. Governments tried many measures, but nothing effectively stopped the prickly pear's spread. Scientists then introduced a South American moth, Cactoblastis cactorum, as a biological control agent. This moth's larvae destroyed the invasive cactus, returning millions of hectares of land. The…

The Times of India · Jul 16