australian scientists
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Australian Scientists Made A Tool To Spot Parkinson’s Disease Before There Are Physical Symptoms
Researchers at RMIT University have developed the first tool that can diagnose Parkinson’s disease, even when there are no physical symptoms – and it has an accuracy rate of 93 per cent.
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Australian Scientists Made Crystals That Can Be Tied In A Knot
“Bendy” isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when you think of crystals. Brittle and inelastic, more like it. But Queensland researchers have created single crystals flexible enough to be bent – repeatedly – and even tied in a knot.
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Australian Scientists Worked Out This Ancient Clay Tablet Is Actually The World’s Oldest Trigonometric Table
Australian scientists have discovered the purpose of a famous 3700-year old Babylonian clay tablet, revealing it is the world’s oldest and most accurate trigonometric table, possibly used by ancient mathematical scribes to calculate how to construct palaces and temples and build canals. The new research shows the Babylonians, not the Greeks, were the first to…
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What Experts Say About The Call To Ban Killer Robots
An open letter signed by 116 founders of robotics and artificial intelligence companies from 26 countries – including Elon Musk and Mustafa Suleyman – has urged the United Nations to ban lethal autonomous weapons (often called “killer robots”) internationally. Both those who signed the letter, and leading Australian experts have spoken out about the move.