Deputy chief medical officer backs mask-wearing in public

Deputy chief medical officer backs mask-wearing in public

Doctors and epidemiologists are pushing for the widespread use of masks to slow the spread of COVID-19 after Victoria recorded 134 new cases.

  • byDana McCauley andLiam Mannix

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'Serious threat':Scientists say WHO ignores aerosol risk of coronavirus

'Serious threat':Scientists say WHO ignores aerosol risk of coronavirus

Experts contend that World Health Organisation guidance ignores growing evidence that a third pathway also plays a significant role in contagion.

  • byRichard Read
Diamonds are a scientist's best friend for cutting-edge energy storage

Diamonds are a scientist's best friend for cutting-edge energy storage

Diamond nanothreads developed by Queensland researchers are able to store energy at three times the rate of a lithium-ion battery.

  • byStuart Layt
Dungeons,dragons and real-life risks for students in social isolation

Dungeons,dragons and real-life risks for students in social isolation

The fantasy club at QUT has become an isolation lifeline for its 400 student members this semester.

  • byJocelyn Garcia
Beaches,cafes,schools:Experts weigh up when to loosen restrictions on social life

Beaches,cafes,schools:Experts weigh up when to loosen restrictions on social life

As millions of Australians spend Easter at home,pressure is mounting on authorities to give people a sign that the heavy restrictions on social and economic activity will eventually be eased.

  • byDana McCauley
Student project spurs'toolkit'to prevent mature women becoming homeless

Student project spurs'toolkit'to prevent mature women becoming homeless

A social marketing researcher working on the project said a task for final-year students,in partnership with Mission Australia and PwC,was a catalyst for the project.

  • byJocelyn Garcia
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'Most significant crisis in the history of travel':where to now for tourism?

'Most significant crisis in the history of travel':where to now for tourism?

The coronavirus has torpedoed the world economy,with travel both a vector for – and a victim of – an historic event that appears to have no end in sight.

  • byBrook Turner
The dye that brought us'Ferrari Red'could turn T-shirts into batteries

The dye that brought us'Ferrari Red'could turn T-shirts into batteries

QUT into a pigment used in car paint has revealed a range of possible uses in organic electronics,which can bend,stretch,and eventually biodegrade.

  • byStuart Layt
'We're not tapping into the problem':Australia missing homicide data

'We're not tapping into the problem':Australia missing homicide data

Dr Claire Ferguson has found that detective avoidance behaviour by offenders was delaying homicides for years.

  • byJocelyn Garcia
'Unprecedented in Australia':Meet the women leading science across government
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'Unprecedented in Australia':Meet the women leading science across government

Industry and Science Minister Karen Andrews is among a"striking"number of women in science leadership,but she says it"should be unremarkable".

  • byJudith Ireland
Drastic improvement to habitat mapping brings hope for koalas

Drastic improvement to habitat mapping brings hope for koalas

By combining three koala habitat mapping methods into one,QUT researchers have improved its accuracy by 75 per cent.

  • byStuart Layt