Mapping the "superhighways" travelled by the first Australians
'Superhighways' used by a population of up to 6.5 million Indigenous Australians to navigate the continent tens of thousands of years ago have been revealed by new research using sophisticated modelling of past people and landscapes......»»
Mapping the curvature where electrons reside in Kagome materials
Kagome metals are a class of quantum materials with interesting properties that are characterized by a unique lattice structure resembling Japanese woven bamboo patterns of the same name (i.e., Kagome). Over the past decade, physicists have been usin.....»»
Mapping the evolution of E. coli"s main virulence factor offers a refined drug target
In a new study, published today in Nature Communications, a multi-center team led by the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the University of Oslo, Imperial College London and UCL, has mapped for the first time the evolutionary timeline and population distri.....»»
Opinion: An El Niño looms over Australia"s stressed electricity system, and the nation must plan for the worst
The Bureau of Meteorology this week declared a 70% chance of an El Niño developing this year. It's bad timing for the electricity sector, and means Australians may face supply disruptions and more volatile energy prices......»»
Pond emission measurements improve climate predictions
There could be billions of shallow lakes and ponds on Earth, though lack of mapping systems makes it hard to know just how many exist. Together, they emit significant amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, but emissions from these systems v.....»»
10 Australian companies have embraced the 4-day week—here"s what they say about it
Most of us look forward to a rare long weekend. But some Australians now enjoy a four-day week every week......»»
Mapping the conflict between farming and biodiversity
It's well known that producing foods such as beef can have an outsized footprint when it comes to carbon emissions. But a new study shows that some of these same staples can have an equally huge effect when it comes to biodiversity losses......»»
How to create a map with Ecovacs robot vacuums
Mapping your home with an Ecovacs robot vacuum is easy, although there's a bit of a trick to getting it to work properly. Here's what you need to know......»»
With hundreds of call-outs every day, wildlife rescue services can help Australians understand threats to native animals
Imagine coming across an injured kangaroo on the side of the road. Or a bat entangled in fruit tree netting. Would you know who to call to get help?.....»»
Astronomers want to build the next-generation Arecibo telescope
The Arecibo Telescope was an amazing tool for astronomers. Built in the early 1960s, it had a 1,000-foot-wide dish and was capable of both receiving and transmitting radio signals. It did radar mapping of near-Earth asteroids, Venus, and the moon, di.....»»
New map unlocks deep digital data of Antarctica"s history
GeoMAP Antarctica, an open-access and comprehensive geological mapping database of Antarctica, was released May 18 in the journal Scientific Data. Understanding Antarctica's geosphere is, and has been, critical for understanding the continent's major.....»»
Mapping the shallow seabed of the Mediterranean coast using satellite images
Satellite-derived bathymetry continues to advance and improve rapidly. A recent study has confirmed the effectiveness of a methodology developed to obtain bathymetric data from satellite images in the Western Mediterranean. The results of this resear.....»»
Mapping and AI apps suggest ceasing management of forests not enough to offset carbon emissions
A team of atmospheric and climatic scientists from several institutions in Europe has found that even if all human management of forestry land stopped immediately, it would not be sufficient to offset global carbon emissions. In their study, reported.....»»
Fixing broken flood gauges is important. But most Australians don"t evacuate even when they know the water is coming
Devastating floods have hit community after community on Australia's eastern seaboard over the last three years. Weather systems were dynamic and difficult to forecast......»»
Archaeologists map important archaeological landscape where first Australians lived more than 60,000 years ago
Scientists at Flinders University have used sub-surface imaging and aerial surveys to see through floodplains in the Red Lily Lagoon area of West Arnhem Land in Northern Australia......»»
Researchers complete first-ever mapping of human gut virus
Researchers at APC Microbiome Ireland (APC) have collaborated with scientists in the University of York to complete the first ever structural atlas of a crassvirus (also referred to as crassvirales, bacteriophage, crass-like phage)—the most abundan.....»»
Hunting for life"s building blocks at minus 250 degrees Celsius
Searching for life's building blocks light-years away is an important task of the James Webb Space Telescope. But how does it know what to look for? Ph.D. student Marina Gomes Rachid is offering a helping hand by mapping out molecules that could exis.....»»
Apple Maps redesign expected to go live in Taiwan in June
Public testing of redesigned Apple Maps for Taiwan has begun, but the full release isn't expected until June.Apple Maps image of Taipei, Taiwan. Image source: Justin O'BeirneFirst-party mapping data collected by Apple enables detailed maps with green.....»»
Scientists map the distribution of carnitine in muscle cells
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a way of mapping the distribution of carnitine in skeletal muscle cells. Carnitine is a compound that helps transport fatty acids and reduce metabolic byproducts. They discovered that slow.....»»
UK Cyber Security Council launches certification mapping tool
The UK Cyber Security Councilv has launched the first phase of its certification mapping tool. It has been created to map all available cyber security certifications onto the 16 specialisms identified by the Council, with the first phase now availabl.....»»
NASA retires mineral mapping instrument on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
NASA switched off one of its oldest instruments studying Mars on April 3, a step that's been planned since last year. Riding aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, CRISM, or the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars, revealed miner.....»»