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How second hand social media profiling can target you
Open Forum | January 23, 2019A new study has found that people can be accurately profiled by using data from their friends’ accounts, even when they have deleted their own social media.
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New analytics platform will help future-proof farms
Open Forum | January 23, 2019CSIRO and rural technology start-up Digital Agriculture Services have launched a new platform that combines artificial intelligence, machine learning and cloud-based geospatial technology to deliver reliable, independent and robust farm data and analytics.
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Cane toads pick up shady habits
Open Forum | January 22, 2019Cane toads are picking up some shady habits, according to a new study co-authored by a Macquarie University researcher.
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Natural weed control for a thorny bush problem
Open Forum | January 20, 2019A natural weed control that will help manage one of Australia’s most invasive introduced weeds has become the first woody weed bioherbicide to be granted federal regulatory approval – after an eight-year wait.
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Are smartphones just a pain in the neck?
Open Forum | January 19, 2019Many of the world’s 3.4 billion smartphone users are putting their necks at risk every time they send a text, according to new research involving the University of South Australia.
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Smart clothes could reduce falls for people with Parkinson’s disease
Open Forum | January 18, 2019A team of Australian researchers has received grant funding to test eHealth and smart garment technologies to prevent falls in people with Parkinson’s disease.
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Listening in to Murray-Darling wildlife
Open Forum | January 18, 2019A Griffith researcher, working with the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority in Victoria, is eavesdropping on wildlife ecosystems to monitor wetland restoration outcomes after changes in water allocations.
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‘Ultra” ultrasound could revolutionise technology
Open Forum | January 17, 2019A new, more sensitive method to measure ultrasound may improve a wide range of technology from medical devices to driverless vehicles.
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Most Australians oppose further population growth
Open Forum | January 16, 2019A new poll conducted by the Australian National University finds that more Australians believe the country’s population has already reached saturation levels.
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Future robots will be more R2D2 than C3PO
Open Forum | January 14, 2019Researchers from Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, have offered a bold glimpse into what the robots of the future could look like – and it’s nothing like C3PO, or a T-800 Terminator.
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Ocean warming has kicked up a gear
Open Forum | January 13, 2019Analysis by Chinese and US researchers has found that claims of a slowdown in global warming over recent years were false, and that ocean warming is accelerating.
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Let’s map our DNA and save billions in health costs
Open Forum | January 10, 2019A UniSA scientist has called for Australia to embrace pharmacogenetic testing to deliver medication more effectively and slash the $2.4 billion wasted each year through unsafe and ineffective drug prescriptions.