Biology
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Sciences & Technology
Under the Microscope
Healing wounds with differential equations
Professor Jennifer Flegg uses mathematics to solve biological problems like wound healing and infectious diseases
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Sciences & Technology
Insects have more complex immune systems than we thought
Ants, beetles, and all other invertebrates have complex immune systems which can protect their offspring
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Sciences & Technology
The fly DNA fighting killer bacteria
The genome of an Australian fly has won an evolutionary “arms race” against a killer bacteria by evolving to co-exist with it
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Sciences & Technology
Understanding how a cell becomes a person - with maths
There are trillions of cells in the human body, and researchers are developing new mathematics to understand how they work
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Sciences & Technology
How plants tell time
Unlike us, plants can’t head to the fridge for a midnight snack, but a new study shows they sense time at dusk to conserve energy produced from sunlight during the day
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Sciences & Technology
Under the Microscope
The mathematics of evolution
Dr Jared Field’s work in mathematical biology is trying to understand real-world issues – from sleep and menopause, to the hard science behind traditional Indigenous practices
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Sciences & Technology
New dimensions in colour
Animals like beetles and birds are teaching us new ways of understanding colour at a nanoscale, which could change the way we manufacture it
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Health & Medicine
Podcast
Molecules in motion
Why Cryo-EM, or speed-freezing molecules to create 3D images that can diagnose human cell behaviour, is taking the structural biology world by storm
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Sciences & Technology
Podcast
Standing up for science
Nobel Laureate Professor Randy Schekman on the value of scepticism, and why the scientific method needs to be defended now more than ever
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Environment
Engineering plants for a sustainable future
Scientists have discovered the genetic master switches for a plant’s body mass production and it brings with it the potential to produce new biomaterials and bioplastics