Energy

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Analysis

Will the 2025 election result spark a realignment of climate politics in Australia?

The second-term Albanese government will be under strong international and domestic pressures to step up its efforts to decarbonise the economy. It has the numbers, so will it happen?

Politics & Society

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Analysis

Will the 2025 election result spark a realignment of climate politics in Australia?

The second-term Albanese government will be under strong international and domestic pressures to step up its efforts to decarbonise the economy. It has the numbers, so will it happen?

Politics & Society

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Opinion

10 reasons why nuclear energy is a bad idea for Australia

There’s a lot of information and disinformation out there on nuclear energy. These are my 10 reasons why nuclear energy would be a bad idea for Australia

Health & Medicine

Your cold house is bad for your mental health

New research finds that the poorest Australians in the worst health are living in the coldest homes during Australian winter and it’s putting their mental health at risk

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

Sciences & Technology

Nano inks could change how we use energy

New research uses ‘phase change inks’ to control temperature in everyday environments – reducing our energy consumption for a sustainable climate future

Health & Medicine

Reducing COVID-19 transmission without costing the Earth

While opening windows reduces COVID-19 spread, it also increases buildings’ energy use – new research has tested more efficient alternatives

Sciences & Technology

Tech can do a lot, but won’t get us to net zero on its own

The Morrison government’s emphasis on technology to drive down emissions will still need taxes and subsidies to achieve net zero

Environment

How our housing can make it feel like an Arctic winter

Australia’s housing just isn’t good enough when it comes to dealing with winter temperatures – we need to take lessons from the Northern Hemisphere

Sciences & Technology

The nanowires building greener nanodevices

A new material for nanowires, designed by computer simulations, paves the way for a new era of photonic and quantum electronic technologies, consuming less energy and reducing operating costs