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Best Overall Paper

PhD candidate Orddom Leav

Congratulations to PhD candidate Orddom Leav from the School of Mechanical Engineering, who won the President’s prize for the best overall paper at the Australian Acoustical Society annual conference.

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Vacation Work Experience

BHP is currently taking expressions of interest from second, third and fourth year Mechanical Engineering (or similar) students to complete paid Vacation Work Experience at their Olympic Dam mine.

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Wine scholarship winners are best of the bunch

Top viticulture and oenology students have been awarded scholarships to boost their study and career potential.

Top viticulture and oenology students have been awarded scholarships to boost their study and career potential.

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Dual band opens gateway to smart cities research

A research collaboration between the Australian Smart Cities Consortium (ASCC), the Connected Cities Project and Internet of Things (IoT) company Meshed, has led to the creation and launch of a world-first dual band LoRaWAN gateway, that simultaneously supports both Australian and Asian standard bandwidths.

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Trapping atoms, not space ships, with tractor beams

Dr Philip Light with the atomic chamber in which the atomic tractor beams were created

Physics researchers have delved into the realm of Star Wars and created a powerful tractor beam.

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Alcohol brewed from trees and other fermented drinks in Indigenous history

A sample of the Eucalyptus giunnii plant

There’s evidence that Australian Aboriginal people have a long history of using fermentation to make beverages.

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When Thailand and Australia were closer neighbours, tectonically speaking

Main image: The beaches of Koh Phangan are set within rocky crags made of granites, the type of rocks studied to piece Thailand to Australia. Romana Dew, Author provided.

New geology research uncovers the deep links between Australia and Thailand.

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Outstanding Australian School of Petroleum Graduate

Tuan Huynh Minh Tran

Congratulations to Tuan Huynh Minh Tran, a final year undergraduate student in the Australian School of Petroleum.

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New technique a breakthrough in human genome reconstruction

New technique a breakthrough in human genome reconstruction

Scientists have developed a new technique that will aid in a more accurate reconstruction of human genomes.

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Five things you may not know about plastic pipes

Here in the Intelligent Water Decisions research group we think, study and learn a lot about pipes. Here are five things about plastic pipes that you may not know.

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