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Research vessel deck at night with red deck lights and seawater sampling tubs, crew silhouettes handling nets, dark ocean horizon, no logos or readable text

Murdoch University Team Samples Coral Spawn On Ningaloo After Early Heat Pulse

Murdoch University researchers collected coral spawn at Ningaloo Reef after an early marine heatwave, aiming to bank resilient genotypes before summer bleaching risk returns.

Samira Haddad Oct 11, 2026

Geologists examining labelled drill core boxes in a tin mine sample shed, headlamps and mud on boots, overcast sky through open door, no logos or readable text

Geoscience Tasmania Catalogues Scandium Anomalies Along Renison Belt For Defence Stockpile

Geoscience Tasmania logged scandium anomalies along the Renison tin belt, feeding Defence discussions on specialty metals for aerospace alloys.

Samira Haddad Oct 11, 2026

Large perovskite solar submodule on a laboratory bench inside a glove box with amber lighting and research tools, no logos or readable text

UNSW and UtmoLight Set 23.5 Percent Efficiency Record on 676 Square Centimetre Perovskite Submodule

UNSW and UtmoLight certified a 23.5 percent stabilised efficiency on a 676 square centimetre perovskite submodule, beating the prior large-area record.

Samira Haddad Oct 10, 2026

Industrial laboratory bench with glass reactors and tubing, scientist hands in gloves adjusting valves, fluorescent light, no faces toward camera, no readable labels

CSIRO Opens Carbon-Capture Materials Accelerator Targeting Mine Brine and Flue Gas

CSIRO is accelerating work on carbon-capture materials that can bind industrial CO₂ to mine brines, part of a broader push to commercialise hard-to-abate emissions technology for Australian industry.

Samira Haddad Oct 9, 2026

Dense Australian eucalypt forest on a hillside with survey aircraft contrail in pale sky, afternoon haze, no logos or readable text

NBIC Terrain Release 2.0 Blends LiDAR Data to Fix Bushfire Models in Forested Slopes

CSIRO’s National Bushfire Intelligence Capability published Terrain Release 2.0, merging LiDAR and satellite elevation data to improve fire-behaviour modelling in dense forests where canopy errors once skewed risk maps.

Samira Haddad Oct 8, 2026

Engineers in a solar research laboratory holding a semi-transparent perovskite module under a spectrometer gantry, clean benches and cable trays, cool white LED lab light, no logos or readable text

UNSW and UtmoLight Certify 23.5 Percent Efficiency on Room-Scale Perovskite Submodule

UNSW Sydney and UtmoLight certified a 23.5 percent stabilised efficiency on a 676-square-centimetre perovskite submodule, beating the prior large-area record by 0.6 points.

Samira Haddad Oct 7, 2026