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The brave new world of neuroscience
Yongsoo Kim | November 20, 2021Mapping cell types in the brain and how they communicate with one another allows neuroscientists to understand how the brain works, and what happens when cells go missing or malfunction.
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Open all hours
Kathy Bowrey | November 19, 2021Inspired by a European open-access initiative, Chief Scientist Cathy Foley wants to make all publicly funded Australian research publications free for the public to read.
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Investing in quantum technology
Gavin Brennen | November 2, 2021Australia needs to initiate a strategic investment in quantum technology as a national priority.
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Even space is overcrowded
Yolande Hutchinson | November 1, 2021Ceridwen Dovey has won the 2021 UNSW Press Bragg Prize for Science Writing for her essay on the dangers posed by man-made debris in space.
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Automated warfare is a threat to us all
Alan Stevenson | October 3, 2021The development of AI-infused systems will allow autonomous military drones to pick out targets and take lethal action without direct human input, raising questions of how – and whether – such machines should be used.
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Flying cars get ready for take off
Cecilia Duong | September 27, 2021Futurists have confidently predicted the invention of flying cars for over 70 years, but this time they may actually become a reality.
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The evolving landscape of scientific publishing
Oula Ghannoum | September 17, 2021The future of science research publishing will be shaped by the need for young researchers to freely share data and work more collaboratively than ever before.
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Australia needs ‘deep technology’ companies
Julian Waters-Lynch | September 13, 2021Tomorrow’s economy and society will be built with today’s scientific breakthroughs in deep technology ventures.
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The science of better decision making
Open Forum | September 12, 2021QUT researchers working on complicated problems in agriculture, ecology and medicine have developed a mathematical model to enable faster solutions.
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Covid computer
Alan Stevenson | September 10, 2021The effects of long hours of playing violent video games on young people have long been a matter of debate and concern, heightened by the current COVID-19 pandemic.
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The new Luddites
Jathan Sadowski | August 23, 2021The excesses of big-tech companies such as Amazon, Uber and Facebook are driving a public backlash that may contain the seeds of a neo-Luddite movement.
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Meet the electric Kombi
Open Forum | August 20, 2021Southern Cross University has unveiled one of Australia’s most ambitious electric vehicle prototypes – a long-range converted Volkswagen Kombi.
