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   Technology Typing style key to user identificationMonday, 21 May 2012
A person’s typing style can accurately identify them over other computer users, and could be used to replace passwords as an identification system, suggests Australian research.  Low-cost artificial leaf to help the world’s poorestTuesday, 15 May 2012
The first practical artificial leaf has been developed, and this new technology may help to deliver carbon-neutral energy to the world’s poor.  Researchers develop self-powered retinal implantsMonday, 14 May 2012
U.S. researchers have developed self-powered retinal implants, with high resolution, designed to give vision to the blind, according to a study published in Nature Photonics.  Fake shake tests for earthquakesSunday, 13 May 2012
Engineers have put a state-of-the-art building to the test, by shaking it at a range of frequencies to imitate a real earthquake.  Bi-layer structure secret to solar successMonday, 30 April 2012
One of the most efficient man-made polymers to convert sunlight into electricity owes its efficiency to an unexpected bi-layer structure not found in any other organic photovoltaic material. News Analysis | Ancient worlds | Health & Mind | Life & Environment | Physical sciences | Society & Culture | Space & Cosmology | Technology  Australian scientists productive in researchMonday, 23 April 2012
A league table for the Asia-Pacific region shows Australia in third place for the number of primary research papers published in 2011. The table counts the number of papers published in Nature branded journals.  Turning up the heat on biotechnologyWednesday, 18 April 2012
Scientists have inserted a foreign gene into the heat-loving microbe Pyrococcus furiosus to create the first genetically-engineered microorganism which thrives at very high temperatures.  Satellites spy for penguins in AntarcticaSaturday, 14 April 2012
Antarctica boasts almost twice as many emperor penguins as previously thought, researchers have discovered using satellite mapping technology to count the flightless birds from above.  Still a mystery how pigeons find homeThursday, 12 April 2012
Scientists have sent robot scouts into deep space and unravelled the genome, yet they are still baffled by how homing pigeons navigate.  Quantum walk towards new supercomputersWednesday, 11 April 2012
Quantum walkers, which are single sub-atomic quantum particles that can be made to travel on a two-dimensional grid, have been created in a new step towards quantum walker-based quantum computing.  Hack-proof data from any light sourceWednesday, 4 April 2012
Data can be transmitted from any LED light source, allowing for more secure local area networks, or LANs, than ever before.  Synchotron exposes cancer proteins' bondMonday, 2 April 2012
The structure of a particular protein complex has been analysed in unprecedented detail and could lead to a better understanding of cancer progression, cellular timekeeping and DNA repair.  New nuclear clock may keep time with universeThursday, 15 March 2012
A proposed nuclear clock could keep time with the universe with extraordinary accuracy, neither losing nor gaining 0.05 of a second in 14 billion years.  Ray beam unveiled as new non-lethal weaponMonday, 12 March 2012
A sensation of unbearable, sudden heat seems to come out of nowhere - this wave, a strong electromagnetic beam, is the latest non-lethal weapon unveiled by the U.S. military.  Robotic 'cheetah' breaks speed recordsWednesday, 7 March 2012
The fastest-ever land robot has been created, and 'Cheetah' can gallop at a speed of 29 km per hour. 
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