Surprising satellite data reveals that the amount of ozone-depleting chlorine in the stratosphere is not decreasing as quickly as expected.

When a disease-causing virus or other organism is transmitted from one species to another, most of the time the infection sputters and dies out.

A significant contribution in South Australia by global technology company Trimble will build new capacity into the research and education opportunities at Flinders University.

Flinders University experts are exploring evidence that microbes in the soil and the environments around us can affect human microbiota and the ‘gut-brain axis,’ potentially shaping emotional states and relationship dynamics – including aspects of romantic love.

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed an inexpensive device that generates enough electricity to power a calculator using only waste walnut shells and drops of water.

John Mutter remembers seeing the roofs of single-story homes poking above the water level in the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans.

This new invention could make today’s heavy electric vehicle batteries lighter, safer and increase their range.

Plants use the energy of sunlight to convert CO2 into energy-rich sugar molecules.

So-called “100-year weather events” now seem almost commonplace as floods, storms and fires continue to set new standards for largest, strongest and most destructive.

According to Statistics Norway, an average of approximately 1100 detached houses have been demolished each year in Norway over the course of the past decade. However, only 7 per cent of the wood from these buildings was recycled.