We are pleased to announce the Fresh Scientists of 2010: Peter Domachuk, School of Physics, University of Sydney Naomi McSweeney, School of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western …
Nominations are now closed
Nominations for Fresh Science 2010 are now closed. Thank you and best of luck to everyone who nominated in 2010! Winners will be notified on Tuesday 27 April 2010. The Fresh Science winner’s …
Octopus jets the key to greener flights: synthetic jets improve aerodynamics of aircraft
Researchers at the University of New South Wales have improved the aerodynamics of aircraft by putting rows of tiny synthetic jets along the wings of aeroplanes —much like the suck and blow jets …
Fresh Scientist wins Cosmopolitan Women of the Year
2007 Fresh Scientist Tu’uhevaha Kaitu’u-Lino has won the 2009 Cosmopolitan Fun, Fearless, Female, Women of Science – and a $10,000 cheque. She rose over celebrities, athletes, writers, designers …
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Whiplash: who won’t get better. A new test reveals the problem cases.
Most people recover from whiplash injuries within the first few months. However some people have long term pain – lasting months or years. Until now there has been no way of diagnosing these more …
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Fool’s gold reveals the ancient evolution of life on earth
‘Fool’s gold’ has tricked many amateur gold miners, but Queensland researchers have discovered it can reveal much about the early evolution of life on Earth. …
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Is your treatment working? Cancer scanner pinpoints dividing lung cancer cells
A team of Victorian researchers have discovered how to track if lung tumours respond during a course of treatment. Trials with five patients revealed that some tumours responded quickly to treatment …
Life beneath the sheets: 9000 years in the dark
Researchers at Geoscience Australia have unravelled the development of a unique seafloor community thriving in complete darkness below the giant ice sheets of Antarctica. The community beneath the …
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How lobsters create their colours
A team of Queensland researchers have discovered that lobsters, prawns and other crustaceans have evolved a unique way of making colours: making the complex patterns appreciated by biologists and …
Not enough carbon to light the early Universe
An international team of astronomers has discovered the oldest and most distant carbon in the Universe, but there’s not enough of it to support standard theories of how the Universe lit up, a member …
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Dinner for tuna: tracking tuna dining habits across the Indian Ocean
Sophie Bestley catching tuna, photo credit Thor Carter, CSIRO Issued on World Oceans Day Southern bluefin tuna can’t even have a quiet snack without CSIRO researchers knowing. They’ve developed a …
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Ancient eruptions warn of climate change and mass extinctions
A Curtin University researcher has shown that some ancient periods of massive eruptions released green house gases so quickly that they caused rapid climate change and mass extinctions. …
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