- New research has found evidence that Earth’s early continents resulted from being hit by comets as our Solar System passed into and out of the spiral arms of the Milky Way Galaxy, turning traditional thinking about our planet’s formation on its head. https://news.curtin.edu.au/media-releases/comet-impacts-formed-continents-when-solar-system-entered-galactic-arms/ 7 comments science
- More than eight out of 10 British people who are seeking support for having lost a loved one to COVID-19 reported alarming Post Traumatic Stress Disorder symptoms, new research has found. https://news.curtin.edu.au/media-releases/most-british-covid-19-mourners-suffer-ptsd-symptoms-survey/ 10 comments science
- The world’s most remote oceans are polluted with microplastics, study shows https://news.curtin.edu.au/media-releases/the-worlds-most-remote-oceans-are-polluted-with-microplastics-study/#linkid=um-homepage-happening-news-the-worlds-most-remote-oceans-are-polluted-with-microplastics-study 5 comments science
- Did the era of giant impacts end early on Mars? New evidence from meteorite found in Western Sahara suggests otherwise https://news.curtin.edu.au/media-releases/shocked-zircon-find-a-one-off-gift-from-mars/ 2 comments space
- New study suggests Sun is likely an unaccounted source of the Earth’s water. Solar wind—comprised of charged particles from the Sun largely made of hydrogen ions—created water on the surface of dust grains carried on asteroids that smashed into the Earth during the early days of the Solar System. https://news.curtin.edu.au/media-releases/study-suggests-sun-is-likely-an-unaccounted-source-of-the-earths-water/ 74 comments science
- New Curtin research identifies likely cause of Alzheimer’s disease https://news.curtin.edu.au/media-releases/new-curtin-research-identifies-likely-cause-of-alzheimers-disease/ 2 comments technology
- New Curtin research identifies likely cause of Alzheimer’s disease https://news.curtin.edu.au/media-releases/new-curtin-research-identifies-likely-cause-of-alzheimers-disease/ 12 comments science
- Sibling’s likelihood of autism diagnosis impacted by age gap. Children born to mothers who became pregnant again three months after giving birth had a 50 per cent higher chance of being diagnosed with autism, and those born five years later had a 24 per cent greater chance. https://news.curtin.edu.au/media-releases/siblings-likelihood-of-autism-diagnosis-impacted-by-age-gap-study-finds/ 7 comments science
- Researchers have identified seven new species of wild tobacco growing in Western Australia and the Northern Territory, including the first of this plant type found to kill insects https://news.curtin.edu.au/media-releases/study-discovers-unique-new-insect-killing-tobacco-plant-in-was-gascoyne/ 10 comments science
- New research has found evidence to suggest that the Earth's first continents were not formed by subduction in a modern-like plate tectonics environment as previously thought, and instead may have been created by an entirely different process. https://news.curtin.edu.au/media-releases/curtin-study-could-rewrite-earths-history/ 6 comments science
- Research into lunar rock samples retrieved by astronauts almost 50 years ago has found one of the samples may be originally from Earth, thrown into space when an asteroid struck our planet billions of years ago. https://news.curtin.edu.au/media-releases/curtin-study-suggests-moon-rocks-sent-there-from-earth-by-ancient-asteroid/ 9 comments science
- A team led by scientists have created a much cheaper and environmentally friendly way of turning solar energy into clean fuels like hydrogen. Researchers described how they developed tiny nanocrystals as highly efficient catalysts to generate solar energy for the production of clean fuels. https://news.curtin.edu.au/media-releases/curtin-research-finds-smarter-way-harvest-solar-energy-clean-fuels/ 5 comments science
- Wallabies see colors like dogs do: Biologists have recently discovered that a wallaby’s perception of colour is more similar to a dog than a quokka, sparking questions as to why marsupial colour vision has evolved so selectively http://news.curtin.edu.au/media-releases/research-shows-wallabies-lose-pokies/ 3 comments science
- Recent research report: What is the real revenue for spammers? http://news.curtin.edu.au/news/who-you-gonna-call/ 6 comments compsci