Bioremediation of Agent Orange chemicals made in Sydney for Vietnam War
By Shannon Corvo
More than 50 years after the Vietnam War, students are working to remove Agent Orange remnants from a waterway connected to Sydney Harbour, where the chemicals were manufactured.
How IVF could spell doom for feral rabbits
By Tim Lee
Scientists are using rabbit IVF and gene-editing technology to crash Australia's feral rabbit population by spreading infertility through female rabbits.
#AgriculturalPestControl #Pests #PestControl #ScientificResearch #TimLee
Insect repellent may not always keep mozzies away, study suggests
By Ellen Phiddian
Scientists have found that mosquitoes in the lab can be trained to connect the smell of a widely used repellent with food, but repellents are still the best way to protect yourself.
#Insects #Biology #ScientificResearch #DiseasesandDisorders #DengueFever #EllenPhiddian
Labor's CGT challenge deepens as biotech sector raises alarm
By Clare Armstrong
Another sector has called for a capital gains tax change carve-out, warning the government that it will face a talent drain without it.
#Tax #FederalGovernment #GovernmentandPolitics #BiotechnologyIndustry #ScientificResearch #Budget #ClareArmstrong
Modelling suggests 'second wave' of algal bloom in Spencer Gulf
By Emma Pedler, Duncan Bailey, and Jenae Madden
Modelling predicts that the algal bloom that has plagued South Australia's coastlines since March 2025 will be moving further through the Spencer Gulf in the next few months.
#MarineBiology #Oceans #RegionalCommunities #EnvironmentalImpacts #ScientificResearch #EnvironmentalManagement #ClimateChange #EmmaPedler #DuncanBailey # #JenaeMadden
Booming cockroach numbers welcome news on this 'paradise of creatures'
By Emma Siossian
Researchers say the removal of invasive rodents on Lord Howe Island has sparked a rebound of invertebrate life, including native cockroaches and other insects, vital to the broader ecosystem.
#Conservation #EnvironmentalImpacts #Animals #EndangeredandProtectedSpecies #EnvironmentalManagement #ScientificResearch #EmmaSiossian
Scientists are rapidly embracing AI, with AI-related publications increasing nearly 30-fold since 2010. But experts behind the Stanford AI Index warn that today’s autonomous AI agents still struggle with reliable multi-step scientific reasoning.
Australia's first qualified astronaut closer than ever to maiden space mission
By Nicholas R Ward and Andrew Williams
The European Space Agency has formally extended the offer for Australia's Katherine Bennell-Pegg to join a mission that would take her to the International Space Station, but the place is not guaranteed.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-25/iss-mission-offered-to-australias-first-astronaut/106719690
#Space #ScientificResearch #FederalGovernment #NicholasRWard #AndrewWilliams
The link between terrorism and DV could be key to preventing homicide
By Hayley Gleeson
A world-first research project is aiming to prevent family and intimate partner homicides with similar strategies to those being used to tackle terrorism and lone-actor attacks.
#DomesticViolence #Terrorism #ScientificResearch #FederalGovernment #Police #MentalHealth #HayleyGleeson
Unexpected results are often treated as failures. But new research suggests they may help unlock creativity instead. Reflecting on unplanned outcomes improved idea generation in brainstorming experiments.
🔗 https://phys.org/news/2026-04-serendipity-harnessed-unplanned-outcomes-benefits.html
#ScientificResearch #Creativity #Brainstorming #Innovation #Science
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