Electricity

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Sciences & Technology

Why you don’t want ‘phantom energy’ on a spacecraft

Measuring and removing unexpected ‘phantom’ levels of electricity from energy harvesting devices has been challenging – until now

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Sciences & Technology

Harvesting big energy from small movement

A new material designed to harvest up to 400 times more energy from movement than currently possible has potential applications in biomedicine and geospatial monitoring

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Health & Medicine

A window on memory loss in Alzheimer’s

Using a miniscope to observe the brain in action, researchers find evidence that memory loss in Alzheimer’s may partly be a signalling problem

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Politics & Society

India’s electrifying election

India is now officially 99 per cent electrified, but the country’s power supply remains high on the political agenda in the upcoming general election

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Politics & Society

If all else fails, do the conventional thing

Intervention by different governments in Australia’s National Electricity Market is becoming common, but without a coherent, national approach we risk reduced reliability, higher prices and missed targets

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Politics & Society

Is re-regulation the solution to Australia’s electricity price shock?

Electricity retailers have reported their plans to improve affordability - should re-regulation of the market be on the agenda?

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Sciences & Technology

The exciting future of light energy

Excitons are formed when light is absorbed by electrons within a molecule, and we’re just beginning to understand the role they could play in meeting the world’s future energy needs

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Sciences & Technology

Is the Australian gas shortfall a myth?

Our researchers have crunched the numbers to check whether Australia really is running out of gas

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Sciences & Technology

You snooze you lose in Victoria’s electricity market

A deregulated and competitive electricity retail market offers great deals to those who can actively engage, but penalises those who can’t - too often vulnerable consumers