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3D imaging yields drastic improvement in hernia surgery outcomes
04
AUG
3D imaging yields drastic improvement in hernia surgery outcomes

For a surgical procedure to result in patients being universally pain free, with zero recurrence of the ailment seems impossible - but that’s...

All fired up: how the original shock tunnel came back to ANU
23
JUL
All fired up: how the original shock tunnel came back to ANU

When Professor Sean O’Byrne was asked to dismantle the machine he’d built his career on, he had other ideas. Twenty years later,...

Quantum Newton’s cradle set to level up computing
15
JUL
Quantum Newton’s cradle set to level up computing

Sending quantum information through a chain of qubits, like energy through a Newton’s cradle, could be the key to faster operations, and take...

The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is treated with nanobubbles. How do they work?
02
JUL
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is treated with nanobubbles. How do they work?

By Professor Vince Craig and Ms Noura Alzaidan, from the Materials Physics Department.  Originally published in The Conversation. As the United...

Messages from the surface of a black hole
25
JUN
Messages from the surface of a black hole

In space, someone can hear you scream, in extreme enough circumstances: by using gravitational waves from the collision of two black holes, scientists...

Deep-sea analysis deepens the mystery of rare ancient cosmic explosion
16
JUN
Deep-sea analysis deepens the mystery of rare ancient cosmic explosion

A long time ago, in our galaxy, there was a rare, very violent explosion. We may never know what it was: it could have been an especially large...

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