Lightning strikes twice
When thunder calls, you better bolt. It seems lightning does strike twice and now we know why. The Australian National University researcher Harvey Butcher says the first strike creates...
Bee-utiful blitz discovers 26 new bee species in the outback
Busy bee researchers from South Australia have discovered 26 new types of native silk...
Australia’s vanishing childhood haunts
Remember your old back-yard cubby house? Turns out it may have been vital to...
Anti-fouling remedy reduces the barnacle bill
We can’t all be Marie Kondo but what if we could stop mess at...
The short straw of a longer life
Dementia is one of the downsides of living longer but does gender make a...
Illicit drugs show their true colours
It’s scary when young people take drugs without even knowing what they are. What’s...
Shocking news on static electricity
Zap! We’re all familiar with that sudden electric shock you can get from touching...
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Globally connected
There are now 8,515 formal agreements (up from 4,474 in 2003) between Australian universities and their global counterparts, enabling crucial research collaborations and the exchange of students and staff. These include 1,237 in China, 967 in the US, 572 in Germany, 479 in Japan and 466 in France. Through Universities Australia, the sector also has major country-to-country agreements with China, Japan, India, the US, the UK, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, France, Spain, Israel, Peru, Colombia and Brazil.