Meet a flavour creator
Willy Wonka novelty lab or just a little disturbing? Chemists working in flavour laboratories are responsible for developing the taste of a wide range of food products found in your local supermarket....
View ArticleProtein could give IVF couples hope
One protein is critical for the beginning of life. As we learned in our high school biology classes, pregnancy occurs when an egg and a sperm fuse, either in the womb or in...
View ArticleA new viral treatment for acne has been developed
Viruses that live on the skin naturally quash acne-causing bacteria. Although acne is not life threatening it does affect millions of people and can leave severe emotional and physical scars. There is...
View ArticleSee-through soil will improve crops
The mysterious world of the rhizosphere revealed. Understanding soil processes is essential for addressing global issues of food security, disease transmission and climate change. However, techniques...
View ArticlePlastic and print power
Plastic solar cells could pave the way for a clean energy industry. Plastic may soon replace silicon when it comes to making solar cells; building developers are already looking at ways to integrate...
View ArticleHubble looks deep into the Universe
We can now see further into the skies than ever before. The Hubble Space Telescope has made repeat visits to a tiny patch of sky throughout the last 10 years, collecting over 2,000...
View ArticlePreschoolers think like scientists
Child’s play is very similar to scientific experiments. When toddlers are playing with blocks, you shouldn’t assume that they’re just placing them randomly. They may be conducting a basic scientific...
View ArticleTwo human species shared the same cave
The two human species to which we are most closely related lived close to each other for thousands of years. This has been established by archaeologists from the University of Wollongong in NSW,...
View ArticleWhat is beach ‘foam’?
Beach foam is produced from proteins. The white beach foam is due to fat and protein in ocean water, which the surf ‘whips’, just like whipped cream. Animals and plants in both salty...
View ArticleYour vaccines are ready – how they did it in under a year
More than 180 different COVID-19 vaccines were in the initial pipeline – and the majority of them can be placed in one of four vaccine categories. One is a classic. Two are comparatively...
View ArticleSynchrotron – Australia’s great ring of light
Greg Le Blanc and his team are some 22km south-east of the CBD in Melbourne, working underground in the middle of the night. In an enclosed room they huddle over monitor screens, while...
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