News articles tagged with 'Australia'
First broad-scale maps of life on the sea-shelf
— 2 Apr 2011 11:22 | EnvironmentMarine scientists from five research agencies have pooled their skills and resources to compile a directory of life on Australia's continental shelf. They examined the shelf seascape…
Who owns our blood?
— 28 Mar 2011 14:57 | HealthThe absence of specific laws which define the ownership, storage and use of blood drops taken from every Australian baby since 1971 could threaten public trust in newborn screening…
Uncovering the genome secrets of the Blackleg fungus
— 16 Feb 2011 04:05 | BiologyThe genome of the Blackleg fungus, which causes the most damaging disease to canola crops worldwide, has been sequenced for the first time by a team of French and Australian scientists…
DNA uncovers 1 of the world's rarest birds
— 25 Nov 2010 18:00 | BiologyA team of Australian researchers involving DNA experts from the University of Adelaide has identified a new, critically endangered species of ground parrot in Western Australia…
Do holes make moles?
— 3 Nov 2010 11:14 | Geology and palaeontologyThe mysterious origins of Australia's bizarre and secretive marsupial moles have been cast in a whole new and unexpected light with the first discovery in the fossil record of one of…
Land 'evapotranspiration' taking unexpected turn: Huge parts of world are drying up
— 11 Oct 2010 10:33 | EnvironmentThe soils in large areas of the Southern Hemisphere, including major portions of Australia, Africa and South America, have been drying up in the past decade, a group of researchers…
Possible discovery of earliest animal life pushes back fossil record
— 18 Aug 2010 08:51 | Geology and palaeontologyIn findings that push back the clock on the scientific world's thinking about when animal life appeared on Earth, Princeton scientists may have discovered the oldest fossils of animal…
Powering Australia with waves
— 17 Aug 2010 15:38 | TechnologyWave energy is surging ahead as a viable source of renewable energy to generate electricity - with Australia's southern margin identified by the World Energy Council as one of the world's…
Reforestation projects capture more carbon than industrial plantations
— 31 Jul 2010 09:35 | EnvironmentAustralian scientists researching environmental restoration projects have found that the reforestation of damaged rainforests is more efficient at capturing carbon than controversial…
A hop from South America - tracking Australian marsupials
— 28 Jul 2010 10:57 | BiologyDebates have raged for decades about how to arrange the Australian and South American branches of the marsupial family tree. While marsupials like the Australian tammar wallaby and…