Charles Darwin University researchers investigate whether old tyres can strengthen roads
Repurposing old tyres may be the key to building stronger, longer-lasting roads to handle the Northern Territory’s harsh…
Blood metabolites reveal who will develop type 2 diabetes years before diagnosis
A decades-long study shows how patterns in circulating metabolites, shaped by genes and lifestyle, can identify people at…
Astronomers discover the binary origin of fast radio bursts
New insights are emerging into one of astronomy’s most perplexing signals. An international research team led in part…
Einstein–Rosen bridges are not wormholes but quantum links between opposite directions of time
In an effort to bring together the domains of gravity and quantum theory, Albert Einstein and Nathan Rosen…
Researchers discover massive hydrogen system beneath the Pacific Ocean
Far below the surface of the western Pacific Ocean, scientists have uncovered a geological system that reshapes how…
Majority of older adults in Ireland have poorly controlled high blood pressure
High blood pressure becomes more common after age 40years yet new research from The Irish Longitudinal Study on…
Strange iron ‘bar’ discovered inside the Ring Nebula
A famous night-sky object has yielded a surprise: a narrow, bar-shaped cloud made of highly ionized iron. The…
Some mental disorders may be caused by the same genetic differences, study finds
Many psychiatric disorders are more biologically related than previously understood, having more genetic similarities than differences, a new…
Tasmanian teen Zeke Woolcock says building bike jumps taught him leadership, and researchers agree
In a patch of private bushland outside Launceston, 16-year-old Zeke Woolcock meticulously crafts piles of dirt into jumps…
Scientists engineer bacteria to produce lower calorie, healthier sugar
For more than a century, food scientists have searched for ways to satisfy a sweet tooth without the…
Study tests combined targeted radiopharmaceuticals and precision radiation for recurrent prostate cancer
Investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have opened a clinical trial that will look at whether combining precision…
Superionic form of water may power planetary magnetic fields
Water doesn’t behave the same way in a glass as it does as ice in your freezer. When…