Queensland’s ambitious new plan involves shifting from a coal-dominated electricity grid to 80% renewables within 13 years, using 22 gigawatts of new wind and solar. The plan relies on two massive new pumped hydro developments to store electricity, including the biggest proposed in the world.

Anastasiia Zalogina from the Nonlinear Physics Centre led a project to convert infrared laser light to high harmonics (up to sevenfold shorter wavelengths ranging from visible towards UV spectrum), using a single cylinder of aluminium gallium arsenide with a diameter about 50 times smaller than a human hair.

Researchers have discovered how a type of blood cancer can "switch off" a protein that causes leukaemia to become invisible to the immune system.  

Around the globe, prostate cancer is the second most common cancer and the fourth leading cause of cancer death in men. Funding will advance small molecule drug for prostate cancer patients with advanced disease.

Dr Debbie Saunders is a nature-lover – and the CEO of a high-tech start-up. “I never imagined that I would be doing what I do,” she says.

A ground-breaking research centre focused on optical technologies, which could create lifelike moving holograms that display straight from your phone screen, is being officially launched at The Australian National University (ANU).

Students from ANU have helped to conduct a study that will improve earthquake preparedness on the Indonesian island of Lombok

During his rural placement in Eurobodalla, Mr Sharma has become well aware of the benefits of small town living such as the strong sense of community, the slower pace of life, and fresher air.
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Spring isn't all it's quacked up to be. Pollen levels are high, magpies are terrorising cyclists and pedestrians alike, and protective duck parents are in attack mode.