20 years of research leads to airport explosives detector
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A University of Tasmania (UTAS) research team led by Professor Michael Breadmore has taken an invention from its first inception at the UTAS-based Australian…

An illustration of the timeline of the asteroid’s impact.
Giant tsunami followed dinosaur-killing asteroid
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Researchers from Curtin University have taken part in a scientific expedition to retrieve core samples from the Chicx

Dr Sherman Wong worked on the study of the new type of silicon for his PhD at ANU
Tweaking silicon to improve solar cells for cheaper energy
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An international research team led by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU), including ARC

The research team at Kimbe Bay in 2017. Credit: Tane Sinclair-Taylor.
For a fish, it’s not just who you are, but where you are
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ARC-supported research has determined that the long-term success of clownfish depends more on living in a ‘good neigh

Whoopi the Manta Ray
‘Whoopi’ the manta ray shows how healing’s done
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‘Whoopi’ the manta ray—a regular visitor to Western Australia’s Ningaloo Reef—has helped ARC-supported researchers at

Dr Sasha Tetu, with PhD student, Ms Indrani Sarker
Plastic pollution harms oxygen-producing ocean bacteria
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A research team led by

The research team on the way to measuring methane emissions from a forest of dead mangroves in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
Mangrove dieback reveals an unexpected source of methane
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ARC-supported researchers from Southern Cross University were some of the first on the scene to investigate the unpre

A researcher holds a lump of dead seagrass.
Scientists measure the loss of Shark Bay Seagrass
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An international research team led by ARC-supported researchers at Edith Cowan University has investigated the huge l

DES Water Quality & Investigations (WQI) team members on the Mulgrave River.
Fighting pollution with maths
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ARC-supported researchers at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers (ACEMS)

To avoid disrupting the light-sensitive corals, researchers wear red headlamps as they work in the National Sea Simulator during coral spawning.
Leading an evolution in coral
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ARC Australian Laureate Fellow, Professor Madeleine van Oppen, is leading a research team based at the Australian Ins

Dr Georgia Ward-Fear, with brothers Herbert (left) and Wesley Alberts about to release 'Barney.’ Melissa Bruton.
Indigenous collaboration vital to conservation research outcomes
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ARC-supported researchers have produced hard data that demonstrates that collaborating with Indigenous peoples change

Jack Dale, ‘History painting’,
Including Indigenous stories in the Australian Dictionary of Biography
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Please note: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this article contains an image and