Science News
February 2013
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Making the most of orientation
25 February 2013
Orientation Week (or O'Week) at Monash University begins on Monday 25 February.
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Plants lower the temperature in towns
18 February 2013
Scientists are using thermal imaging to work out how plants can be used to reduce the severe temperatures in our cities.
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In medicine, the future is light
18 February 2013
Light, together with artificial intelligence systems that deliver fast, accurate analysis, has the potential to reshape the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
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The first supernovae
11 February 2013
Emitting as much power as a few octillion nuclear warheads and visible to the edge of the universe, supernova explosions signal the violent death of massive, but mysterious stars.
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Tornadoes in Australia? They’re more common than you think
7 February 2013
There is a long-standing myth that Australia doesn’t get tornadoes. This simply isn’t true.
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Evolutionary egg question answered: turtle goo reduces oxygen
6 February 2013
Some reptile species give birth to live young, and new research is revealing why turtles have never evolved this ability.
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Medal for (literally) ground-breaking research
1 February 2013
Research that explains the movement of tectonic plates and could predict the location of mega-earthquakes has earned a Monash researcher the recognition of the Australian Academy of Science.
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