Astronauts on aborted Soyuz launch to blast off again for ISS

NASA astronaut Nick Hague and his Russian colleague Alexey Ovchinin, who survived a dramatically aborted Soyuz…

Reconstructing a history of palaeoclimate in southeastern Australia

The role of trace elements as palaeo-climate proxies has been explored in ANSTO-led collaborative environmental research.

Solar-powered moisture harvester collects and cleans water from air

Access to clean water remains one of the biggest challenges facing humankind. A breakthrough by engineers…

Significant milestone in whooping crane recovery

This week marks a significant milestone in the conservation and recovery of the endangered whooping crane.…

The media shape public opinion about surrogacy and homosexuality

The media play a key role in informing society and in shaping perceptions and judgments about…

How (and why) to stay optimistic when it feels like the environment is falling apart

Humans love optimism. It's a no-brainer – optimism makes us feel good and wanting more. This…

A warning for wine-lovers: Climate change is messing with your favourite tipple’s timing

While the much-derided "latte set" are stereotyped as the biggest worriers about climate change, it's the…

Recovering scattered data from twisted light via ‘scattering-matrix-assisted retrieval technique (SMART)’

High-capacity optical communication can be accomplished by multiplexing multiple light-carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM) channels. However,…

Researchers reverse the flow of time on IBM’s quantum computer

Researchers have managed to return a computer briefly to the past. The results suggest new paths…

Analysis of Soil Freeze/Thaw Signatures During Slapex F/T Campaign

Abstract: Permanently frozen and seasonally frozen soils occur over a large portion of the Earth's land…