CSIRO builds a koala spotting app to help track adorable numbers
Keeping count of an animal now has an app, and that app could help koala conservation.
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How can students get into quantum computing?
Australia is spending big money on a quantum computer, and it could help the country lead in science and…
Aussies build water batteries designed to be safer
A battery built to be safer in storage and recycling has been developed in Australia, and it's a curious…
Mirrorless on the moon as Nikon ventures to space (again)
Need proof that mirrorless cameras are hardy and built to survive? Nikon's latest deal with NASA could well…
Google research turns ANC earphones into health wearable
Earphones may well be for listening to sound, but a future pair you throw in your ears could be good for your…
James Dyson Awards open for 2023 looking for planet fixing ideas
Do you have an engineering idea that just might help the planet? You might want to show it off in this year's…
Google turns Android phones into local earthquake monitors
The sensors in your phone could be used for something else, as Google works out how to turn local Android phones…
2022 James Dyson Award invites problem solvers to win with ideas
Young inventors with an idea to fix a problem could just win on the international stage, as the Dyson Award…
Night sky in reach as Unistellar, Nikon team for digital telescope
Viewing what's out there beyond our own world can be complex with a proper telescope, but there's a new style on…
Animal-free milk takes food science to frothier places
The next coffee you have milk in your coffee or with a bowl of cereal, it might come from a team of Australian…