Brain temperature can now be measured using light

Operations on 11 February, 2020

Nanotech technique could revolutionise neurological treatments.

Light could replace invasive techniques to measure brain temperature– eliminating the need to place a thermometer in the brain when treating a range of neurological disorders.

Researchers from Victoria’ Swinburne University have teamed up with Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in Spain and Stanford University in the US to develop a technique for measuring sub-degree brain temperature changes using near-infrared light. 

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Wind – the key factor for dangerous bushfire weather

Operations on 8 June, 2010

Wind speed plays a bigger role than temperature in creating dangerous conditions for bushfires, says Dr Andrew Dowdy a physicist from the Bureau of Meteorology.
His work with the Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre has led to new possibilities for predicting bushfire conditions based on the weather. It will be presented for the first time in public […]