SCIENCE

The Mars Astrobiology Explorer Cacher (MAX-C), a mission to Mars that could help determine whether the planet ever supported life and could also help answer questions about its geologic and climatic history, should be NASA's highest priority large mission, a science report said Monday.

A formal agreement was signed today for greater understanding and sharing of ideas between scientists in Australia and Mongolia. The deal to foster scientific exchange was inked in a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

The face of the Earth would be undistinguishable in the year 2050 as the population boom of no less than 10 billion will leave people battling for scarce resources all over the world, researchers at a US science conference have warned.

Scientists from around the world are expecting the arrival of three coronal mass ejections from the sun on either late Thursday or early Friday, which they said are part of the waves of charged solar particles that were flared directly towards Earth last week.

A team of physicist based on Yale University has announced the creation of a device that would be able to dissipate the energy carried by a laser beam.

An East African jumping spider could pitch in considerable help on Australia’s efforts in decimating the numbers of malaria-causing mosquito Anopheles Gambiae, according to a recent study conducted by a combined team of UK and Kenyan scientists.

Scientists from the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) maintain that there is a ‘miniscule’ possibility of any impact between a gigantic asteroid and the Earth, even at a later date, recently predicted by Russian scientists.

Australian scientists believe that microalgal bloom in the Carama Creek caused the massive fish kill that off the New South Wales South Coast early this month. The scientists made the revelation after initial tests point to microalgal bloom as the likely cause of death for the thousands of fish.

Russian-born scientists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov were named the 2010 Nobel Prize winners for physics on Tuesday by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden.

A footage of Neil Armstrong descending the ladder of the Apollo 11 could be put into scrutiny in order to curb worldwide skepticism about the 1969 moon landing.

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Norweigan company pushing the limits to solar panel technology. A prototype of the spray has been patented and plans for a thicker coat of solar panel are being discussed by the company to make the product more progressive and helpful to both people and the environment.

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An Australian vision expert says that watching 3D television should not have a negative effect on a person's vision.

An unmanned Russian supply vessel docked successfully at the International Space Station (ISS). This comes two days after a technical problem forced a similar maneuver to be aborted.

NASA's Cassini probe may have found evidence for methane-based life on Saturn's largest moon.

Cape Grim is a cold, windy and isolated place located at the end north west of Tasmania. It is home to some of the cleanest air on the planet and is considered the most significant air measuring station in the southern hemisphere.

The year 2010’s Sydney Peace Prize has been won by an Indian physicist and environmentalist Dr. Vandana Shiva.

Some thoughtful Tasmanian volunteers are about to give away green gifts to the bushfire devastated areas of Victoria.

According to ABC Online, Conservation Councils stated that immediate steps are necessary to protect Swan and Canning rivers.

A number of 250 scientists have put their signatures on an open letter stating their disturbance regarding the rise in attacks on climate researchers recently, saying political action has been disrupted.

According to Sydney Morning Herald, a major international survey of more than 200 nations worldwide indicates that Australia is listed as one of the top 10 countries that are the worst environmental polluters on the planet.

Australia is a country which is prone to fire. It could be possible that the trial way and management of fire has been wrong all this time.

According to TopNews New Zealand, recent reports by climate scientists state that global warming may be getting more critical than usual. It is known globally by everyone that the temperature of Arctic is rising very hastily. As a matter of fact, the temperatures of Arctic are increasing twice faster than the temperatures of the earth. The temperature rise leads to more ice meltdown especially during summer.

Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) corroborates that Australia is building the world's largest solar power tower of its type at the National Solar Energy Centre headquartered in Newcastle, New South Wales.

Australian and Japanese scientists claim that the discovery of a deep sea current in the Southern Ocean could potentially provide new insights on climate change.

The Australian Antarctic Division scientists have revealed that the faecal matter of whales may possibly be crucial in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) level reduction.