The high rate of ice melt along the West Antarctic Peninsula is being driven by strengthening winds on the opposite side of the continent, new research performed at NCI suggests. The research, published in Nature Climate Change, has revealed how strengthening winds on the opposite side of Antarctica...

In our transition to a more-carbon neutral environment, the development of new building materials for the collection of solar energy is a big goal. Incorporating passive solar energy collectors into aesthetically pleasing building materials opens up new possibilities of renewable energy use and...

A new study led by The Australian National University (ANU) has found that plants are able to forget stressful weather events to rapidly recover. The study confirms the research team's hypothesis for this work published last year, and the findings could help scientists better understand how plants...

The world's most important protein is getting an upgrade. Despite it being the most abundant protein in the world, we are still getting to the roots of how Rubisco, the protein at the heart of photosynthesis, works. As a critical component in the 3.5 billion-year-old photosynthesis process of...

Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have found the creation of a Great Forest National Park would deliver the best environmental and economic returns to Victoria from its Central Highlands. They found the economic benefits of the native forests outweighed the economic benefits...

Researchers from the University of Sydney are modelling a form of nuclear fusion to understand how it can one day be used as a source of energy. Dr Ben Thornber says "Inertial Confinement Fusion provides a potential pathway towards utilisation of fusion power as an energy source." This method of...

Professor Tiffany Walsh and her team from Deakin University is working with international collaborators to understand what makes certain kinds of nanoparticles good at catalysing chemical reactions. In industry, catalysts are pivotal to increasing the efficiency of production of commodity chemicals...

The NCI's high-performance computing facilities are enabling researchers to model the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere at an unprecedented level of detail. Professor Matthew England from the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Climate Systems Science is working "to understand the...

The Copernicus Regional Data Hub is a world-leading program to share imagery from the European Sentinel satellites with the South-East Asian region. An agreement between the Australian Government (through Geoscience Australia) and the European Commission finalised in May 2016 is bringing all of the...