Honey I shrunk the camera
It’s the latest thing in nanotechnology, an ultra-thin lens that produces some pretty weighty images. The flat lenses are made from nanoparticles with a thickness equivalent to just one...
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Lighting the path to disease detection
Using light as a diagnostic tool in medicine has just become even more illuminating. An international team including researchers...
COVID-stress sparks eating disorder relapses
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered an increase in disordered eating, an Australian survey designed to measure the mental health...
Why workers need urgent help
How long could you live on $66 before going hungry? Disturbing research from Swinburne University of Technology reveals why...
Hiding in plain sight
Harry Potter used one to defeat evil, but could we make a cloak of invisibility without magic? Researchers at...
It’s all in the fine print
Ever replaced part of your car headlight? Cost more than you thought, didn’t it? Researchers at Swinburne University of...
End of the road for drug driving
Drunk drivers are bad enough but how dangerous are drug users behind the wheel? No one knew the answer...
Universe’s ancient gas blows away Big Bang secrets
Researchers have used a giant telescope to uncover a fossil from the Big Bang — a gas cloud 1.5...
Bone tissue find shows Aussie dinos were sub-zero heroes
Australian dinosaurs living more than 120 million years ago endured long periods of darkness and below freezing temperatures, research...
A silken touch for mending broken bones
Silk is an unlikely substitute for steel in any context, but for bone fractures, it may just be the...