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A guide to the nanotechnology used in the average home

  • Written by Cameron Shearer, Research Associate in Physical Sciences, Flinders University
imageYou'll be amazed how much nanotechnology is found in the average house.Pexels/Binyamin Mellish

As a researcher of nanomaterials, I am often asked: “When are we finally going to start seeing nanotechnology products on the market?”

This is a simple question to answer because the average home is already filled with products enhanced or...

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Too much salt and sugar and not enough exercise – why Australians' health is lagging

  • Written by Rebecca Lindberg, Research Coordinator, Victoria University
imageUnhealthy lifestyles lead to chronic diseases later in life.Prach Trapmanee/Shutterstock

The report card is in. The results are not good. Almost three in four Australian children consume too much sugar, 91.5% of young people do not meet physical activity recommendations, and Australians are among the most obese people in the world.

Today we released...

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Finally, a proven way to keep great white sharks at arm's length

  • Written by Ryan Kempster, Shark biologist, University of Western Australia
imageAn electric field could help avoid getting any closer than this.Sharkdiver.com/Wikimedia Commons

A wearable electric shark deterrent can effectively repel great white sharks, according to our independent tests of the device.

The manufacturers of the A$749 Shark Shield Freedom 7TM say it works by emitting an electric field around the wearer. This...

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Despite experts' fears, Australia should be moving to electronic online voting

  • Written by David Glance, Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia
imageOline Votingwww.shutterstock.com

Australia’s current election proves that there has never been a greater need for online electronic voting. The country has come to a political standstill as the laborious process of manual counting of ballot papers is conducted by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC). The AEC employs around 75,000 people...

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  1. This parliament – hung or unhung – will bring us another continuous election campaign
  2. 'Mediscare' campaign shows the power of negative advertising
  3. FactCheck Q A: are Indigenous women 34-80 times more likely than average to experience violence?
  4. We can't save all wildlife, so conservation laws need to change
  5. Why dick doodles on the ballot paper are their own election statement
  6. Health Check: what are the risks of drinking before you know you're pregnant?
  7. Volkswagen’s record settlement payout: treating the symptom not the disease
  8. The off-topic Conversation #100
  9. A new era may be dawning again for radical right populists in Austria and Europe
  10. Even if he keeps the top job, Malcolm Turnbull's troubles have only just begun
  11. Lessons for the post-EU British film industry from the collapse of the Soviet Union
  12. How ants walk backwards carrying a heavy load and still find home
  13. Invisible children: research shows up to one in five Aboriginal newborns aren't registered
  14. Pollution guidelines leave a blind spot for assessing the impact of coal and oil
  15. Labor leadership talk a bit of mischievous arson
  16. Turnbull stands solid against returning Abbott to frontbench
  17. Enigmatic Turnbull creates his own misfortune and will be forever diminished by it
  18. An uncertain election result may lead to stagnant financial markets
  19. Economic policy challenges will swamp our election outcome, no matter who ends up winning
  20. The myth of public opinion
  21. Explainer: why don't we know who won the election and what happens now?
  22. Explainer: what is a ‘hung parliament’, and how will a government be formed?
  23. After messy night, Coalition more likely to form government – but Pauline Hanson is in the Senate
  24. Malcolm Turnbull sounded tone deaf to election message
  25. Major rebuff to Malcolm Turnbull as poll result hovers on knife edge
  26. Infographic: what we know so far about the results of Election 2016
  27. Final polls have Coalition favoured
  28. Gina Rinehart, Weight Loss and Women Under the Microscope
  29. #ausvotes: a final update from the social media hustings
  30. Overcharged for hearing aids? Australia's audiology industry isn't rogue, but needs improvement
  31. Brexit is done, now what about accounting?
  32. Just how safe are Australia's airports?
  33. Brexit harms startups but it may not be fatal
  34. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the campaign's final week
  35. Higher education pays for itself many times over
  36. Crossing the line: why the royal commission examined initiation rituals and defence abuse
  37. Malcolm Turnbull: a prime minister on probation in search of a mandate
  38. Friday essay: the Battle of the Somme and the death of martial glory
  39. Black market jobs cost Australia billions and youth are at the coalface
  40. Your wireless footprint can help police catch a thief
  41. Explainer: what are women's options for giving birth?
  42. Politics for the planet: why nature and wildlife need their own seats at the UN
  43. Grattan on Friday: Shorten struggles as campaign winds down
  44. WA-xit: history beckons
  45. Brexit could leave the European Union struggling with its climate targets
  46. Britain’s 'Bregret' offers timely lessons for Australian voters this weekend
  47. Election explainer: why do I have to vote, anyway?
  48. The shame game: why it's time to end the ‘mummy wars’
  49. Election FactCheck: Does the government spend $3 billion each year on the offshore asylum seeker detention system?
  50. Anti-discrimination law exemptions don't strike the right balance between rights and freedoms
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