Posts by Alex Mead

Waste not, want not: What happens when the hardware behind Australia’s renewables revolution reaches the end of its life?

It’s a sunny autumn morning and journalists, TV camera crews and influencers have gathered at Urbnsurf in Sydney Olympic Park […]

Meet the Chief Remote Pilot enabling drone research across Australia

Drones have emerged as a critical tool used by scientists to carry out research, expanding capabilities to monitor biodiversity within […]

‘It’s difficult to catch a koala’: how will Australia’s newly approved koala chlamydia vaccine work?

A single-dose vaccine to protect koalas from chlamydia has been approved for use around Australia for the first time, a […]

Quarter of heatwaves this century ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change, study finds

In short: A new study found around a quarter of heatwaves from 2000 to 2023 would be nearly impossible without […]

Rare good news for critically endangered east coast grey nurse sharks

New research shows critically endangered eastern grey nurse shark numbers are increasing on the east coast. The study uses genetic […]

Samsara Eco opens nylon recycling plant

Australian biotech firm Samsara Eco has opened its first plant aimed at producing virgin-identical, low-carbon circular materials like recycled nylon […]

Spritz-OM nasal therapy project to prevent ear infections receives $300,000 grant

A Western Australian research program which is developing a nasal probiotic therapy called Spritz-OM to prevent childhood ear infections has […]

NSW govt creates Office for Artificial Intelligence

The NSW government has created an Office for Artificial Intelligence (AI), sitting within Digital NSW in the Department of Customer […]

Both the enemy and the saviour’: how AI could majorly disrupt the insurance industry

A new report from the CSIRO and the Insurance Council of Australia found that AI could increase productivity, a priority for […]