Desert beetle aids breakthrough in water collection
Inspired by the biological structure of the desert-dwelling Stenocara beetle, University of Sydney researcher Dr Chiara Neto’s groundbreaking water collection technology could soon bring relief to drought-stricken areas.
Protection push for Coral Sea marine life
The fate of more than 300 threatened species in Australia’s Coral Sea will be determined this week as global environmental leaders meet in Japan for the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 10).
Ask Us: How do scientists see atoms?
With high-powered microscopes. Most of our early knowledge of atomic structure was based on indirect experimental observations, but in 1955, Erwin Muller and Kanwar Bahadur of Penn State University in the US imaged…
Bacteria can squeeze through small spaces
Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis, two common microbes, move easily through passages just 30 per cent wider than themselves, say researchers at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.
Giant buoy will research life in the seas
With 30 of its 50 metres below water, French marine architect Jacques Rougerie’s SeaOrbiter lab will allow scientists to observe underwater life 24 hours a day for months at a time and provide…
Using Twitter to predict the stock market
Tapping the zeitgeist on Twitter can be used to predict the stock market, new research has found.
Morning cute: Endangered Sumatran tiger cub born at Frankfurt Zoo
A female Sumatran tiger thought to be infertile surprised and delighted staff at Frankfurt Zoo by giving birth.
Move over, Great Wall: China’s smog is also visible from space
NASA satellites have captured images of China blanketed in pollution.
New spider species has biggest females
Golden silk orb spiders are known for their large size and fantastic webs. Nephila komaci, the newest member of the group, is the biggest yet.
Hubble delivers the best look yet at galaxy M83
Wide Field Camera 3, installed last year on the Hubble Space Telescope, has captured the most detailed view of distant star formation yet in the galaxy M83, located 15 million light-years away in…
