Seawater is a complex cocktail of useful minerals, but it’s hard to separate the ones we need. Now a team of scientists from Australia and the US has developed a new water desalination technique that can not only make seawater fresh enough to drink, but recover lithium ions for use in batteries.
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To prevent a future plagued with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, Australian scientists have looked to the past, digging up a long forgotten antibiotic candidate and finding that it’s effective against some of the most dangerous “superbugs.”
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A couple of years ago, scientists developed a swallowable electronic capsule that measures concentrations of intestinal gases, and transmits that data to a smartphone. It's now been tested on humans for the first time.
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With the help of drones, Australian archaeologists are creating a virtual replica of the Plain of Jars, an ancient site littered with mysterious stone jars in Laos, so that inquisitive minds can strap on headsets and explore the site from afar.
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Nearly three billion years ago the surface of our planet contained less than 0.001 percent of today's oxygen. While this has been known for a while, we've never been quite sure what the Earth's upper atmosphere looked like at the time. Fossilized cosmic dust has helped scientist sort it all out.
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Researchers may soon be employing a substance in tick saliva to help people battle damaging, and potentially deadly, autoimmune diseases.
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A viper's venom would usually be something to steer clear of if you're at all concerned with your health, but new research suggests it may in fact boost the well being of those with an incurable disease.
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Generally, if a doctor wants to know a patient's blood pressure, they have to use an arm cuff. Not only can this be uncomfortable, but it also only indicates what the blood pressure is at the time of the test. That's why scientists are developing a cuffless blood pressure estimation system.
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A new, bioactive piece of paper promises to make blood type testing more readily available with the ability to analyze just a few drops of blood and identify somebody's blood group in as little as one minute.
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Australian researchers have discovered an ultra-low density and corrosion-resistant magnesium-lithium alloy that could greatly reduce the weight of cars and planes, in what they describe as the first step toward mass production of stainless magnesium.
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