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How to make batteries that last (almost) forever

  • Written by: Raja Jurdak, Research Group Leader, Distributed Sensing Systems, CSIRO

This article is part of a series on building the future of batteries. How can we create the batteries we’ll need to power our homes, transport and industry, and what’s standing in the way?


When a battery runs low it usually needs to be manually recharged, but new approaches are being developed to help this energy source last...

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Curious Kids: Why is the sky blue and where does it start?

  • Written by: Duane W. Hamacher, Senior ARC Discovery Early Career Research Fellow, Monash University
imageEarth, shot from space, as it absorbs and reflects rays of light coming from the Sun - the same white-looking rays that give our sky its colour.NASA, CC BY

This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. All questions are welcome –...

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Birdsong has inspired humans for centuries: is it music?

  • Written by: Hollis Taylor, Research Fellow, Macquarie University

On my first trip to Australia from Paris, I heard a pied butcherbird vocalising on a remote sheep station. It sounded like a jazz flautist in a tree. An explosion of sound in another tree answered, and a duet ensued, then a trio. I had no idea birds sang in ensembles. Low, slow, rich, and enticingly familiar – these phrases were an epiphany...

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Not jobs and growth but post-capitalism – and creative industries show the way

  • Written by: Justin O'Connor, Professor of Communications and Cultural Economy, Monash University
imageThe creative economy is failing to live up to the fast-growing, young entrepreneurial image it promotes. Ars Electronica/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

The term “creative industries” was first applied to the cultural sector by UK New Labour in 1998, and rapidly gained global traction.

It was a kind of Faustian bargain for the cultural sector, which...

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  2. What can go wrong in the blood? A brief overview of bleeding, clotting and cancer
  3. Blood groups beyond A, B and O: what are they and do they matter?
  4. Scientific integrity must be defended, our planet depends on it
  5. Newspoll 53-47 to Labor, but respondent preferences better for Coalition
  6. Nationals' Matt Canavan quits as resources minister in latest citizenship blow
  7. Sorting out what happened in UNHCR and government talks on refugees important for credibility of both sides
  8. Russia's Mayak satellite: crowd-funded cosmic pest or welcome nightly visitor?
  9. Who's afraid of the giant African land snail? Perhaps we shouldn't be
  10. Want to be happier, healthier, save money? It's time to get cooking
  11. On the origins of environmental bullshit
  12. Giving you more say in your super? Not likely with these changes
  13. Australian Story: how exposing children with autism to risk can teach them resilience and life skills
  14. The most used method of measuring blood pressure is often inaccurate, study finds
  15. More women are becoming game developers, but there's a long way to go
  16. Three ways the Charlie Gard case could affect future end-of-life cases globally
  17. The next pharmaceutical revolution could be 3D bioprinted
  18. UN condemnation and a sports boycott: Australia again called on to end offshore detention
  19. New Zealand steamrolls Australia on the pharmaceutical paddock too
  20. Explainer: what's actually in our blood?
  21. From animal experiments to saving lives: a history of blood transfusions
  22. What it's like to live and work illegally in Australia
  23. To build better batteries, you need to catch them in the act
  24. No, the internet is not actually stealing kids' innocence
  25. Transport access is good for new housing, but beware the pollution
  26. A maverick on fabric: the strange, unconventional art of Jenny Watson
  27. Plant hormone boost for New Zealand's critically endangered night parrot
  28. UNHCR accuses government of breaching undertaking over refugee cases
  29. Rising carbon dioxide is making the world's plants more water-wise
  30. FactCheck Q A: the facts on birth rates for Muslim couples and non-Muslim couples in Australia
  31. Australia’s new marine parks plan is a case of the Emperor's new clothes
  32. Three visual illusions that reveal the hidden workings of the brain
  33. Domestic violence and Australian churches: why the current data have limitations
  34. Why apartment dwellers need indoor plants
  35. Knives are sharpening on the new home affairs office
  36. Women now have clearer statistics on whether IVF is likely to work
  37. Essays on blood: why do we actually have it?
  38. Hugs, drugs and choices: helping traumatised animals
  39. Artificial intelligence holds great potential for both students and teachers – but only if used wisely
  40. How not to agree to clean public toilets when you accept any online terms and conditions
  41. Lessons Australia could learn from other countries to strengthen peace and stability
  42. How can our cities match Europe's for finding value in their creative vibe?
  43. The economics of the money-back guarantee
  44. Politics of landscape: the 2017 Wynne Prize finalists
  45. Abbott scores big win on party reform as Coalition continues to trail in Newspoll
  46. Peter Dutton's postal plebiscite 'fraught with conflict': Warren Entsch
  47. Shorten and Turnbull to talk on four-year terms
  48. Victoria may soon have assisted dying laws for terminally ill patients
  49. Weekly Quiz: in which year was the Battle of Dunkirk?
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