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Fabrication advance: spray-on clear coatings for cheaper smart windows

A simple method for making clear coatings that can block heat and conduct electricity could radically cut the cost of energy-saving smart windows and heat-repelling glass.

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Calculating COVID's impact on women's financial health

From the impact of early access to super to the increased risk of economic abuse during lockdown, COVID-19 is eroding women’s economic and financial equality, experts warn.

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Fabrication advance: spray-on clear coatings for cheaper smart windows

A simple method for making clear coatings that can block heat and conduct electricity could radically cut the cost of energy-saving smart windows and heat-repelling glass.

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Calculating COVID's impact on women's financial health

From the impact of early access to super to the increased risk of economic abuse during lockdown, COVID-19 is eroding women’s economic and financial equality, experts warn.

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Glass blowing inspires new class of quantum sensors
Science
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A glass artist’s work with diamonds has opened the door to a new class of quantum sensors able to monitor changes in magnetic fields, with implications for mining and underwater monitoring.

Talented young designer wins National Indigenous Fashion Award
Art, Design and Culture
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Kieren Karritpul, a Ngen'gi wumirri designer from Nauiyu Nambiyu community, Daly River in the Northern Territory, has won the Textile Design Award in the inaugural 2020 National Indigenous Fashion Awards (NIFA).

Professor Steve Michielsen leading a workshop on bloodstain pattern analysis for textiles

Meet Steve Michielsen – expert in forensic textiles
Art, Design and Culture
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Professor Steve Michielsen is one of the world’s leading experts in the highly complicated area of bloodstain pattern analysis in forensic textiles.

New courses to help prepare for a hyper-digital future
Technology
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RMIT Online and the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) have joined forces to offer skills-based, industry-designed online education opportunities to the Singapore workforce.

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Five ways we can reimagine our streets for our health
Society and Environment
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As families embrace the joys of walking and cycling in their neighbourhoods, how can we use the shake-up from coronavirus as an opportunity to keep this going for our own and our children’s health?

What’s the future of work in the digital economy? Global experts share insights on skills needs for Industry 4.0
Technology
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The COVID-19 pandemic has seen a rapid acceleration of the digitalisation of industry like never before.

Taking a smarter approach to reducing waste
Art, Design and Culture
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With households accounting for over a third of national food waste, there’s more we can do to reduce waste at home experts say, while packaging has a surprising role to play.

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