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9 Dec 2020
A leading expert from the Australian National University (ANU) who will analyse the samples says they could provide major insights into the origin of life on...
25 Nov 2020
“The best kind of rare earth deposit is one that is de-risked by having other commodities, where you are producing rare earth as a by-product.
24 Nov 2020
The joint studies found molecular fossils extracted from 635-million-year-old rocks aren't the earliest evidence of animals, but instead common algae.
18 Nov 2020
Pioneering new research has helped geologists solve a long-standing puzzle that could help pinpoint new, untapped concentrations of some the most valuable rare...
21 Oct 2020
A team of Australian researchers including nine from RSES set off on a landmark voyage to discover more about the Earth beneath our oceans, and what triggers...
11 Aug 2020
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27 Jul 2020
New research from RSES has shown that Australia is prone to shallow and potentially destructive earthquakes.
24 Jul 2020
We know the climate changes as greenhouse gas concentrations rise, but the exact amount of expected warming remains uncertain.
24 Jul 2020
He was the founder of the second largest empire in history stretching from the Pacific Ocean to the Carpathian Mountains of Europe.
28 May 2020
Given the importance of accurate reporting of COVID-19 cases and deaths to strategies for virus control, we screened countries’ daily records for possible...
17 Jan 2020
Large-scale irrigation can help alleviate and even reverse hot extremes driven by human activity, and other drivers of global warming, a new international...
31 Oct 2019
They say it's what's on the inside that counts. And so it goes with the planet's surface; from mountain ranges to a river's drainage, the...