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• Images of the device in RFDS plane, in ambulances, and brain scans
• Background info about Micro-X, ASA and strokes
• Fact sheet

Saving lives after stroke with a small aircraft or ambulance-mounted CT brain scanner

Adelaide company Micro-X (MX1) has started developing a small CT brain scanner that can be fitted in ambulances and emergency aircraft. If successful, the device will allow paramedics and retrieval teams to diagnose and then start treating stroke patients in the golden hour – the first hour after a stroke.

Australia’s first national research and translation strategy for a mental health disorder

Online launch 10:15 am AEST, Tuesday 21 September 2021: media welcome, https://www.streamgate.co/insideout-institute/

At least a million Australians affected by eating disorders, but only about 200,000 receive evidence-based treatment

• Leading psychiatric cause of death
• Anorexia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, Bulimia Nervosa and other eating disorders are having a profound impact on individuals, families and communities
• National research strategy launched today says we can improve early identification and treatments and even prevent eating disorders
• The strategy outlines the ten questions that need answers for us to improve the quality of life for all affected Australians and their families.

ARTG listing for revolutionary lightweight x-ray machine

• Globally unique new x-ray technology invented and made in Adelaide
• Rover is a mobile digital x-ray imaging unit that’s lighter, cheaper, more robust, and more reliable than the competition
• Micro-X has miniaturized X-ray tubes using carbon nanotube emitter technology that are one tenth of the weight of conventional glass tubes
• Over 250 units operating in 30 countries around the world, first batch of Rover orders for Australia to be shipped.

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• Supporting information
• Media release below

Offering the potential to:

• Drive an electric vehicle from Melbourne to Sydney on a single charge
• Create lightweight batteries for drones and submarines
• Unlock new avenues in aviation and maritime industries
• Produce batteries in Australia with Australian lithium, without using cobalt and rare earth minerals.

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• Supporting information
• Media release below

Corrected 31 August: ‘500 light years’ updated to ‘500 million light years’

Research reveals how star-making pollutes the cosmos

Animation available, astronomers available in Australia and UK for interview

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• Paper details, authors and affiliations
• Media release below

Galaxies pollute the environment they exist in, researchers have found.

A team of astronomers led by Alex Cameron and Deanne Fisher from the ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions (ASTRO 3D) used a new imaging system on at the WM Keck Observatory in Hawaii to confirm that what flows into a galaxy is a lot cleaner than what flows out.

The research is published today in The Astrophysical Journal.

Seeing sound

The beauty of salt

Explosive patterns from linseed oil and ink

Electricity moving slowly through wood

Extreme cinematography captures everyday phenomena

• About the films
• About the director Josef Gatti
• More information
• Media release below

This year’s festival runs 14 to 22 August, with thousands of events around Australia.

National Science Week 2021 runs from 14 to 24 August. Explore the big topics, brilliant minds, and unexpected ideas from the world of science.

Astronomical Society of Australia honours stargazers at annual conference

Six Australian astronomers will be recognised by the Astronomical Society of Australia (ASA), the country’s professional body for the field.

‘Magneto-rotational hypernova’ soon after the Big Bang fuelled high levels of uranium, zinc in ancient stellar oddity

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A massive explosion from a previously unknown source – 10 times more energetic than a supernova – could be the answer to a 13-billion-year-old Milky Way mystery.