Charles Darwin University
Influencers use oppression, manipulation and weaponisation to police Black women on social media, according to new research uncovering the entrenched nature of digital racism.
Charles Darwin University
Cattle producers in Northern Australia face unique challenges when adapting tools like virtual fences on their properties, but new research from Charles Darwin University (CDU) is set to break down the barriers to this technology.
Macquarie University
Macquarie University researchers used advanced gene-editing technology to debunk long-held beliefs about why albinism is rare in nature.
Edith Cowan University
Shopping bags and milk bottles could form an integral part of critical infrastructure, new research has found.
University of the Sunshine Coast
In a world first, Australia’s veterinary medicine regulator has approved a vaccine to protect koalas from infection and death caused by chlamydia.
Charles Darwin University
Outdated stereotypes about who a “real fisher” is could be costing Australia’s recreational fishing industry valuable talent, creativity, and growth, new research from Charles Darwin University (CDU) suggests.
Macquarie University
New fossil research shows how human impacts, particularly through the rise of agriculture and livestock, have disrupted natural mammal communities as profoundly as the Ice Age extinctions.
Macquarie University
Macquarie University research shows a chemical banned in Europe but still sprayed on Australian produce to kill fungus also wipes out beneficial insects and pollinators, potentially fuelling global insect decline.
Macquarie University
Researchers peered inside the brains of huntsman and crab spiders using micro CT scanners and found while spiders’ brains don’t have to be bigger for them to live in groups, social spiders are wired for better memory, recognition and collaboration.
Macquarie University
A robotic positioning system designed and built by Macquarie University engineers is now capturing light from thousands of stars and galaxies simultaneously at one of the world’s premier observing sites.
Macquarie University
Macquarie University researchers have found social perceptions, not speech patterns, may explain why vocal fry is more often noticed – and criticised – in women.
Charles Darwin University
Unfair or pointless work tasks are driving more employees to mentally check out, turning to the internet to cope with stress, sleepless nights, and next-day burnout, new research shows.