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Solved: the secret to long lived leaves

19 Jan 2023

How long will a leaf live? It’s an economic decision made by every tree....

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New radio telescope image reveals the clearest view yet of the Milky Way's supernova remna

17 Jan 2023

Led by researchers at Macquarie University and Italy’s National Institute of Astroph...

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The future of space food: Using bioengineered yeast to feed humans off-Earth

03 Nov 2022

Take a common form of yeast, a 3D printer, and some clever science, and what do you have? ...

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Astronomy Open Night 2022: A stellar evening for the local community

28 Sep 2022

After a two-year hiatus, our University's Astronomy Open Night finally returned to our gal...

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New funding to help track and sustain important reef animals

14 Sep 2022

Macquarie researchers are set to lead a first-of-its-kind sea cucumber monitoring project ...

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How Macquarie celebrated National Science Week 2022

30 Aug 2022

National Science Week is Australia’s annual celebration of science and technology. R...

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New GHOST technology captures ‘first light’ observations of extremely bright, chemically c

26 Jul 2022

The Gemini South, one of the world’s most powerful optical telescopes, has received ...

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Reef Manta Ray social relationships depend on individual behaviour differences

20 Jul 2022

New research from an international team of scientists, including Macquarie University has ...

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