42+ min ago   (408+ words) The shell of a Biggenden Banded Snail at Coalstoun Lakes National Park. Snails carry weather records on their backs that could be used to map prehistoric cyclones, a University of Queensland study has shown. A project led by School of…...

6+ hour, 56+ min ago   (608+ words) Electron microscopes can reveal structures far smaller than anything visible with ordinary light. But researchers in Austria say conventional electron microscopes may be leaving valuable information on the table. In a standard system, electrons are mainly counted to build an…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (234+ words) The work represents the continuation of a project that began in November 2017 in response to the contamination of drinking water in Wilmington by GenX and other PFAS. The current focus of the study is on how long-term PFAS and PFEA…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (657+ words) Wollongong-based online news outlet covering Australia and beyond. If you have anything newsworthy - a story, video or picture to share with us, please email us. Groundwater contamination is a growing global challenge, but predicting how pollutants behave underground remains difficult....

3+ day, 1+ min ago   (125+ words) Mirage News Less than two weeks after an Executive Order was signed to create the first United States Space Academy, NASA-led work is in full swing to make the academy a reality and shape the future of America's aerospace workforce…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (643+ words) Sedimentation is more important than other factors in the 'time averaging' of marine fossils The investigators analysed more than 7,500 fossils, which were collected from a variety of oceanic environments around the world ANSTO has contributed to a large international study…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (514+ words) The properties of a material depend not only on how its atoms are arranged, but also on how its electrons are arranged and move. So what happens inside a material when light changes its properties? Previous studies have often examined…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (312+ words) La Trobe University has appointed leading Wiradjuri archaeologist Dr Kellie Pollard as its inaugural Wurruwila Wutja Research Fellow, marking a significant milestone in the University's commitment to advancing Indigenous-led research. Dr Pollard joins La Trobe from Charles Darwin University and…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (449+ words) WASHINGTON — Mercury's surface is riddled with wrinkles, evidence of a once-larger planet that has shrunk over time. A new study finds that Mercury may have contracted 10% to 30% more than previously thought — a loss of nearly 12 miles (19 kilometers) of total diameter…...

3+ day, 2+ min ago   (250+ words) When their fishing trip went wrong, Easton Barrett had the only mobile phone and no cell service. He recorded a brief farewell, planning to put his phone in a cooler in hopes someone would find it. A mission control center…...