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Global Study Reveals Widespread PFAS Contamination in Water Sources

byUniversity of New South Wales

Research highlights underestimated PFAS risks, debates over regulation, and calls for cautious chemical usage

| 5 min read

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'Like a Lab in Your Pocket'—New Test Strips Raise Game in Gene-Based Diagnostics

byUniversity of New South Wales

Biosensing technology has made it possible to create gene test strips that rival conventional lab-based tests in quality

| 3 min read

Coral Disease Tripled in the Last 25 Years

byUniversity of New South Wales

Disease spread among coral reefs is being exacerbated by climate change and ocean warming

| 3 min read

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Thousands of Native Plants Are Unphotographed, Citizen Scientists Can Help

byUniversity of New South Wales

Almost 4000 Australian plant species have not been photographed before in the wild, which may lead to their extinction

| 4 min read

Quantum Computing Engineers Set New Standard in Silicon Chip Performance

byUniversity of New South Wales

New proof-of-concept research shows that spin qubits can hold information for 2 milliseconds

| 4 min read

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Bacterial Pore Formers Pack a Punch, One Molecule at a Time

byUniversity of New South Wales

Researchers unlock how bacteria proteins breach mammalian cell membranes

| 2 min read

Scientists Find New Way of Predicting COVID-19 Vaccine Efficacy

byUniversity of New South Wales

Australian researchers have identified the immune response associated with protection from COVID-19—a discovery that may help cut the time it takes to develop new vaccines.

| 3 min read

using barnacles to locate people missing at sea

How Barnacles Could Help Find Missing Persons Lost at Sea

byUniversity of New South Wales

UNSW marine scientists have used a barnacle to develop two equations that can help estimate when and where a local boat may have sunk

| 3 min read

New Analysis Reveals Where Marine Heatwaves Will Intensify Fastest

byUniversity of New South Wales

High-resolution ocean models reveal worlds strongest currents will experience an acceleration in marine heatwave events

| 2 min read

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Seasonal Sea Ice Changes Hold Clues to Controlling CO2 Levels

byUniversity of New South Wales

Researchers demonstrate that seasonal growth and destruction of sea ice in a warming world enhances the amount of marine life present in the sea around Antarctica

| 4 min read

Smashing the Limits of Super-Resolution Microscopy

byUniversity of New South Wales

Researchers have developed a self-aligning microscope that achieves unprecedented resolution capabilities in single-molecule microscopy

| 3 min read

Engineers Crack 58-Year-Old Puzzle on Way to Quantum Breakthrough

byUniversity of New South Wales

A team has done what a scientist first suggested in 1961 was possible, but has eluded everyone since: controlling the nucleus of a single atom using only electric fields

| 4 min read