Trend of Stable-Coin Series: A Bird's Eye View on Emerging Stable-Coins

Jun 13, 2019 07:43 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views

Of late, the interests in the trends of tokenization and stable coins are intensified as more and more. Profoundly, stable coins in the beginning stage was a product that was quickly developed to answer the demand for...

The neuroscience of terrorism: how we convinced a group of radicals to let us scan their brains

Jun 13, 2019 01:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

The young man sitting in the waiting room of our neuroimaging facility wearing skinny jeans and trainers looked like a typical Spanish 20-year-old of Moroccan origin. Yassine* was bouncy, chatting up the research...

Uber in the air: flying taxi trials may lead to passenger service by 2023

Jun 13, 2019 01:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology

Uber Air will start test flights of its aerial taxi service in 2020, and move to commercial operations by 2023, the ABC reported today. Melbourne, Dallas and Los Angels have been named as three test cities for the...

Food label nutrition facts matter to you, but don't tell you much about your gut microbes

Jun 13, 2019 01:35 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

It seems like every day a new study is published that links the bacteria in the gut to a specific disease or health condition. The allure of research like ours and that of other groups is that it might eventually be...

Inflation is healthy for the economy – but too much can trigger a recession, while too little means one may be on its way

Jun 12, 2019 23:52 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy

In a healthy economy, prices tend to go up a process called inflation. While you might not like that as a consumer, moderate price growth is a sign of a healthy, growing economy. And, historically at least, wages tend...

Blockchain Revolution Series

Creatives in the country? Blockchain and agtech can create unexpected jobs in regional Australia

Jun 12, 2019 23:51 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology

Digital technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are said to make many jobs redundant due to automation. BeefLedger, a QUT research project with a focus on blockchain and agtech (agricultural...

Mending hearts: how a ‘repair economy’ creates a kinder, more caring community

Jun 12, 2019 23:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Technology

John switches on the power saw hes bought secondhand on eBay. The machine arcs shooting out a visible electric charge. So he takes it apart to investigate. He identifies the problem: the field coil, a current-carrying...