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13 hours, 53 minutes ago Old reef parks survive warming better
Research has found that coral reefs that are in marine reserves are hit just as hard by warming sea temperatures, but reserves older than about 15 years fared better.
ScienceAlert - Latest Stories - 6 p.m. Monday 1st December 2008
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New test helps drinking water safety
A new test can identify the major species of Cryptosporidium, a very common cause of diarrhea, in less than three hours – improving on the current fifteen hours.
ScienceAlert - Latest Stories - 6 p.m. Monday 1st December 2008
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Social factors cause male suicide
Social factors such as unemployment, stress, and insecurity are often the cause of male suicide, rather than mental illness, according to a new study.
ScienceAlert - Latest Stories - 6 p.m. Monday 1st December 2008
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Fish ears keep sex change record
Research has found that fish that change sex have a distinctive record of their gender changes in a certain ear structure, like the age rings that form inside a tree.
ScienceAlert - Latest Stories - 6 p.m. Monday 1st December 2008
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Program finds lung cancer nodules
Researchers have developed an automated system that searches for possible lung cancer in CT scans – not the first of its type, but the most accurate.
ScienceAlert - Latest Stories - 6 p.m. Monday 1st December 2008
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Sports skills best learned young
Children who learn how to kick, catch, and throw are more likely to be healthy and active in later years, according to a recent study.
ScienceAlert - Latest Stories - 6 p.m. Monday 1st December 2008
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Feature: Hairy electrodes for green cars
How plasma technology promises to greatly reduce the cost of fuel cell manufacture.
ScienceAlert - Latest Stories - 6 p.m. Monday 1st December 2008
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1 day, 13 hours ago Deep survey finds ancient SA rocks
Microprobe analysis has found that South Australia contains rocks around 3150 million years old, with implications for how the Australian continent formed.
ScienceAlert - Latest Stories - 6 p.m. Sunday 30th November 2008
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Feature: Einstein's theory stands up to the stars
Einstein's theory of relativity may be almost a century old, but it still provides an accurate explanation of the universe as we know it.
ScienceAlert - Latest Stories - 6 p.m. Sunday 30th November 2008
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Hydrogen not seen in early universe
A recent study with a radio telescope couldn’t find any hydrogen in the distant, early reaches of the universe – which is strange, because there should be plenty.
ScienceAlert - Latest Stories - 6 p.m. Sunday 30th November 2008
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Rainforest pockets could surge back
Research on Australian rainforest has suggested that the pockets of rainforest are still resilient, and could extend their range if climate conditions improved.
ScienceAlert - Latest Stories - 6 p.m. Sunday 30th November 2008
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Genes found that amplify illness
People with a certain gene combination are particularly vulnerable to illness, according to a new study – these people get more ill and have more downtime when sick.
ScienceAlert - Latest Stories - 6 p.m. Sunday 30th November 2008
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Invasion wave breeds faster toads
Cane toads are spreading across Australia – and the quickest toads, at the front of the wave, are breeding to produce toads that move ten times as fast.
ScienceAlert - Latest Stories - 6 p.m. Sunday 30th November 2008
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4 days, 13 hours ago Erratic cricket balls spoil batting
A researcher has found that cricket balls can have a great deal of variability, even within the same model of ball – enough to put unsuspecting batters on a sticky ...
ScienceAlert - Latest Stories - 6 p.m. Thursday 27th November 2008
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Feature: Soaking up more Sun
The world’s best solar cells just got better.
ScienceAlert - Latest Stories - 6 p.m. Thursday 27th November 2008
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