Behind solar power’s meteoric rise is a little-known Australian
Loading… The rise of solar power shows no sign of slowing down, with the International Energy Agency predicting…
Sydney students tackle climate change livability as world records hottest three years
Products designed by Sydney university students could help tackle symptoms of climate change, after the world experienced its…
The lady who solved problems in her sleep and other Aussie inventions honoured in National Archives of Australia exhibition
Myra Juliet Farrell liked to always think about a problem before going to bed. She often solved them…
Your medicine is watching you — inside MIT’s new ‘smart pills’
Your medication might start tattling on you if you skip a dose. Scientists at MIT have developed a…
Scalable approach to 6G wireless offers speed and reliability
FlexLink designs a novel radio architecture that can decouple control and data signaling through flexible frequency resource distribution…
Red is shown to create a surprising amount of glare, raising questions about current standards
The experiment carried out at EPFL with the red filter. Credit: LIPID / EPFL An EPFL study shows…
Making sustainable plastic from the carbon dioxide in the ocean
Credit: Nature Catalysis (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41929-025-01416-4 The ocean is Earth’s largest carbon sink, absorbing about 25% of the…
Swiss solar furnaces recycling watchmakers’ waste metal
Panatere metallurgical engineer Jean-Francois Dionne, wearing a thermal protective suit, shows an aluminum ingot. A Swiss company inaugurated…
How atmospheric water harvesting can be scaled
Companies in the SAWH sector. Credit: Joule (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2025.102132 Water scarcity is a huge global issue. More…
Researchers Develop “New and Simple” Nanoplastic Detection Method
A joint team of scientists from the University of Stuttgart in Germany and the University of Melbourne in…
Recycling lithium from old electric vehicle batteries could be done cheaply with new electrochemical process
Chemistry Professor Kyoung-Shin Choi’s research lab has developed an electrochemical method to recycle lithium that’s catching the attention…
New 3D Model Detects Corrosion, Cracking in Nuclear Reactors
Engineers and scientists prioritize building safe and efficient nuclear reactors. Thanks to a team of MIT researchers, these…