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- Chemicals that cure malaria can kill weeds too (2017) https://www.news.uwa.edu.au/archive/201704039514/chemicals-cure-malaria-can-kill-weeds-too/ 14 comments
- New Findings Support Idea that Early Cortical Blindness Eliminates Risk of Developing Schizophrenia http://www.news.uwa.edu.au/2019021511228/international/can-being-born-blind-protect-people-schizophrenia 10 comments science
- A global team of scientists including researchers from Australia and the United States has found deforestation in the Brazilian Amazaon-Cerrado region is causing temperatures to rise in areas as far as 50km away from deforestation sites. http://www.news.uwa.edu.au/2019090211582/regional/forest-loss-brazil-contributing-rising-temperatures 877 comments science
- University of Western Australia study suggests the sulfide ion (S2-), an ion considered an essential part of chemistry calculations, does not actually exist http://www.news.uwa.edu.au/2018031510447/research/erasing-bit-chemistry-history 10 comments science
- Lunar dust is considered the #1 environmental problem on the moon and can cause unpredictable hazards for both robots and humans. The immobilisation of China's little Yutu lunar rover in Jan 2014 was likely caused by lunar dust and a wakeup call was needed... Professor Brian O’Brien http://www.news.uwa.edu.au/2018022310383/dust-dilemma-settles-upcoming-moon-missions 138 comments space
- Computer algorithm links facial masculinity to autism http://www.news.uwa.edu.au/201708259876/international/computer-algorithm-links-facial-masculinity-autism 13 comments science
- Australian scientists discover hidden galaxies behind the Milky Way http://www.news.uwa.edu.au/201602108340/international/scientists-discover-hidden-galaxies-behind-milky-way 16 comments space
- Rare Glass Spearhead Found on Australia’s Rottnest Island—They're thought to have been made from scraps of glass by Indigenous men imprisoned on the island 1838-1931. “As I was digging around in the sand with my foot, something shiny glinted in the light.” It was photographed & reburied. http://www.news.uwa.edu.au/201510148058/science/rare-spearheads-uncovered-rottnest-island 3 comments worldnews
- French and Aussies tag team to discover "intense" EMP can permanently improve brain function. "repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)...shifts abnormal neural connections to more normal locations." The discovery has important implications for nervous system disorders/mental health http://www.news.uwa.edu.au/201408066883/international/could-your-brain-be-reprogrammed-work-better 40 comments science
- "Researchers from The University of Western Australia have found a kernel of truth in the idea that unfaithfulness can be judged just by looking at a stranger's face." http://www.news.uwa.edu.au/201212055322/research/been-cheating-its-written-all-over-your-face 6 comments science
- 'Ram' memory saves real memory in older men: Using a computer reduces the incidence of dementia. http://www.news.uwa.edu.au/201209044980/arts-and-culture/ram-memory-saves-real-memory-older-men 5 comments science