New study shows we can create value from food waste by turning it into a highly desirable material – nanocellulose

Sep 28, 2023 02:53 am UTC| Science

Food waste is a global problem with approximately 1.3 billion tonnes of food wasted each year throughout the food lifecycle from the farm to food manufacturers and households. Across the food supply chain, Australians...

Citizen scientists collect more nature data than ever, showing us where common and threatened species live

Sep 28, 2023 02:52 am UTC| Science

Citizen science isnt new anymore. For decades, keen amateur naturalists have been gathering data about nature and the environment around them and sharing it. But what is new is the rate at which citizen scientists are...

Nobody knows how consciousness works – but top researchers are fighting over which theories are really science

Sep 28, 2023 02:51 am UTC| Science

Science is hard. The science of consciousness is particularly hard, beset with philosophical difficulties and a scarcity of experimental data. So in June, when the results of a head-to-head experimental contest between...

Meteorite discovery: unusual finds by South African farmer add to space rock heritage

Sep 28, 2023 02:47 am UTC| Science

Meteorites fragments of rock that have fallen to Earth from space in spectacularly fiery meteors have been the subject of public fascination, awe, myths and even religious worship for thousands of years. In recent...

Antimatter: we cracked how gravity affects it – here's what it means for our understanding of the universe

Sep 28, 2023 02:45 am UTC| Science

A substance called antimatter is at the heart of one of the greatest mysteries of the universe. We know that every particle has an antimatter companion that is virtually identical to itself, but with the opposite charge....

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A Nasa spacecraft is on course to deliver material from an asteroid to Earth – here's what we could learn

Sep 23, 2023 00:49 am UTC| Science

Around 15 years ago, I was on a European Space Agency (Esa) committee, looking at Esas strategy for proposed forthcoming space missions. Under consideration was a mission to an asteroid. Over dinner, one of the committee...

Five golden rules for effective science communication – perspectives from a documentary maker

Sep 21, 2023 01:39 am UTC| Science

Over the past three years, people from all walks of life have learned a great deal about different branches of science. The COVID-19 pandemic introduced many of us to information about virology and vaccine production....