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Nauseous territory: outfoxing predators using baits that make them barf

Aug 17, 2023

A team of international researchers have shown the potential to do just that, burying baits containing capsules of levamisole, a chemical that induces nausea and vomiting when consumed by predators....

Switching ‘spin’ on and off (and up and down) in quantum materials at room temperature

Aug 17, 2023

However, the Cambridge-led team has been able to control the quantum behaviour of these materials at room temperature, which opens up a new world of potential quantum applications by reliably...

A voyage through history

Aug 16, 2023

But to English cleric Richard Hakluyt (1553-1616), one of his country’s leading advocates of overseas exploration, they were highly significant. “Principal Navigations” documents some of the landmarks of Elizabethan maritime...

New genetic relations between irritable bowel syndrome and psychiatric diseases discovered

Aug 16, 2023

Research has identified genetic correlations between patients suffering from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and psychiatric disorders, such as bipolar disorder. IBS shares group of genes with schizophrenia, bipolar disease, depression,...

Reduced grey matter in frontal lobes linked to teenage smoking and nicotine addiction – study

Aug 16, 2023

Importantly, loss of grey matter in the right prefrontal cortex appears to speed up only after someone has started smoking. Excessive loss of grey matter in the right brain was...

New program to help promote Australia to Chinese students

Aug 16, 2023

A new program funded by the National Foundation for Australia-China Relations (NFACR) and delivered by the Australian Studies Institute at The Australian National University (ANU) will build closer people-to-people ties...

A welcome new pipeline for students invested in clean energy

Aug 16, 2023

Through this class and with the mentorship of graduate students, postdocs, and research scientist advisors, students craft a publication-ready journal submission summarizing their research. This poses a problem not just...

MIT Press’s Direct to Open (D2O) opens access to 82 new books in 2023

Aug 16, 2023

Thanks to the support of libraries participating in Direct to Open (D2O), the MIT Press will publish its full list of 2023 scholarly monographs and edited collections open access. Launched...

The curse of variety in transportation systems

Aug 15, 2023

“Every day, we experience the inefficiencies and safety issues as well as the environmental harms associated with our transportation systems. Consider the long-standing issue of traffic systems control. Wu refers...

Artists on the Inside tells prisoner stories for UniSA exhibition

Aug 15, 2023

15 August 2023Life, Artists on the Inside Exhibition: 2023 Judges Merit Award. Inspiring artworks created by people incarcerated in prisons across South Australia will be exhibited at The Bob Hawke...