Monash researcher Dr Nirajan Shiwakoti says ethical and safety concerns prevent researchers from testing evacuation procedures on people, so ants provide a welcome solution. “In this research, the collective movement of panicking ants is measured and then results are scaled up to human situations,” says Nirajan.
Termites and ants are stockpiling gold in their mounds, new CSIRO research has found. Australia’s smallest and most numerous mining prospectors can show us where new gold deposits are.
Cooking minerals in huge mixing tanks can turn them to jelly, and an Adelaide researcher has found out why. The work could save the industry millions of dollars a year in lost production and cleaning costs. Sticky gel-like materials form during the liquid processing of mineral ores, when clays present in the deposits release elements…
A psychology researcher from Canberra has collected some of the first scientific evidence that video gaming can be addictive in a way similar to gambling and alcohol. “People who spend an excessive amount of time playing video games are powerless to stop themselves from thinking about gaming,” says Olivia Metcalf, who did the research for…
You can find the list of 2021 Fresh Scientists here.
We’ve had a fantastic response to Fresh Science with 178 nominations from around the country. Thank you to everyone who applied.
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