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- While analyzing some of the world's oldest colored gemstones, researchers discovered carbon residue that was once ancient life, encased in a 2.5 billion-year-old ruby.
- Researchers describe the first crab from the Cretaceous dinosaur era preserved in amber. The study used micro CT to examine and describe Cretapsara athanata, the oldest modern-looking crab (approximately 100 million years old) and the most complete fossil crab ever discovered.
- Slower ocean circulation as the result of climate change could intensify extreme cold weather in the U.S., according to new research.
- New Jersey’s tidal marshes aren’t keeping up with sea level rise and may disappear completely by the next century, according to a study led by Rutgers researchers.
- The CyAN science team is excited that this standardized way of assessing cyanobacteria will enable scientists to compare blooms across the country and over time.
- A new NOAA-led study of precipitation high in the Colorado Rockies aims to give water managers better forecasts for runoff in the critically important Colorado River Basin.
- The winners of the Good Design Australia Awards 2021 have been announced this past week, with The Growth Drivers (TGD) awarded the prestigious Design Institute of Australia award (DIA). The award celebrates an Australian professional designer, design team, or design company that has significantly impacted Australian design over the past year. TGD partners with ambitious industry […]
- Leading Australian electrical safety and energy solutions innovator, Clipsal by Schneider Electric, has today announced its Electrical Design Application, Clipspec was awarded Gold in the Digital – Home & Living category at the 2021 Sydney Design Awards (DRIVENxDESIGN). The annual DRIVENxDESIGN Awards come under the world’s largest network of Design Award Programs, providing marketplace recognition […]
- Environmental charities are set to benefit from a new social enterprise that has launched to help reduce the volume of single-use plastics discarded by Australian households each year. According to latest Government research, the annual consumption of plastics in Australia has increased by 240,000 tonnes over the last four years while the amount of plastic […]