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A view of batteries sitting on their end

Virus-built batteries to provide power

Tuesday, 31 August 2010

Batteries built by viruses could soon power your mobile phone or be sprayed onto uniforms as wearable power sources.

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A service truck (L) clears thick volcanic ash from a road in Iceland

Multiple unknowns cloud volcano's impact

Wednesday, 21 April 2010
The Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland has so many variables, unknowns and hard-to-measure risks that make modelling its behaviour almost impossible, say experts.

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What will the next 10 years hold for science?

Future science: the next 10 years

Thursday, 11 March 2010
New worlds, new life, new bodies: just some of the breakthroughs we may see by 2020, predict our panel of leading Australian scientists. 22 comments

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Acid rain breaks down calcium carbonate in sandstone and marble.

What is acid rain?

Monday, 28 June 2010
Can acid rain go through anything? Why? How? 0 comments

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Once-only button pushers get green light

Tuesday, 4 May 2010

Dr Karl has been leaning on a lamp post wondering why, in our up-to-the-minute, fully-downloadable world, we aren't prepared to wait for anything? 33 comments

'Gas-saving' schemes leave little spark

Tuesday, 23 February 2010

There are so many schemes and products on the market today that claim to improve your car's fuel efficiency that you would hope at least one would work. 19 comments

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How warm is too warm?Climate change quiz

Thursday, 3 December 2009

There are more and more stories about climate change in the news every day.

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2024 Dreaming

Tuesday, 20 April 2004

Explore life in 2024 in this multimedia presentation from Radio National.

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Big jobs need big toys

Mining our natural resources

The demand for Australia's natural resources has boomed since the turn of the century, providing a buffer for our economy as the world teeters on the brink of recession.

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Solar energy researcher

Monday, 10 August 2009

Nicole Kuepper researches new solar technologies that can be commercialised. Watch Ace Day Jobs to find out how she made a career out of renewable energy.

Human-Computer interface researcher

Wednesday, 6 May 2009

Natalie Ruiz researches better ways for people and computers to interact. Watch Ace Day Jobs to find out how her research can make your life easier.

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Born Again Batteries: Solving the shortcomings of batteries

Born Again Batteries: Solving the shortcomings of batteries

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Self Service Science Forum

Join Australia's favourite science forum and discuss life, the universe and everything in between.

Crude - the incredible story of oil

We depend upon oil, yet few of us know what it is. Watch this award-winning documentary to discover how oil is shaping our Earth's future.

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Waverider X-51

News in Science'WaveRider' poised for hypersonic flight

The US military is preparing to test an experimental aircraft that can fly more than six times faster than the speed of sound on ordinary jet fuel.

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A row of solar panels

News in ScienceSolar panel attraction deadly for insects

New research has found solar panels have a mesmerising, lethal attraction to certain aquatic insects, drawing them to the panels' surface and trapping them until they die.

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What's going on in those wires that makes our heaters hot and our fans blow?

Science BasicsHow electricity makes things work

Without electricity our appliances are just lumps of plastic and metal.

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Technetium shares many properties with its transition element neighbours like manganese and rhenium, but is not a naturally-occurring element

Ask an ExpertWhat's the story with technetium?

How come technetium is a synthetic material right in the centre of all those naturally-occurring substances in the periodic table? 17 comments

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A bartender prepares a beer in a bar

AnalysisTax review gets a good health report

Experts believe proposed reforms to the Australian tax system will be good for preventative health and the environment.