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SynBio of the future: plants that tell you they need water

23 Feb 2021

We are now at the point when synthetic biology techniques can allow information to flow fr...

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Conservation parks: money matters if species are to survive

22 Feb 2021

Research from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences has identified a pressing...

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Prepare for landing: NASA search for Martian life

19 Feb 2021

NASA’s Perseverance rover touched down this month on a mission to search for ancient...

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A stargazer's guide to 2021

01 Feb 2021

There’s a lot to see in the Southern sky in 2021, from meteor showers to a visit fro...

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Revealed: best trees for hot Sydney schools

27 Jan 2021

As school returns at the height of the 2021 summer, Macquarie's Which Plant Where project ...

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What happens in bee Vegas?

18 Jan 2021

Professor Andrew Barron has taught bees to gamble and his computational model of bee brain...

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Did frozen mud balls make life on Earth possible

08 Jan 2021

New research from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences shows a type of aster...

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World first discovery: evolution of our Universe

18 Dec 2020

Macquarie University researchers have contributed to the first observation of a gas filame...

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