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The Oxford vaccine has unique advantages, as does Pfizer’s. Using both is Australia’s best strategy

The best approach for protecting everyone’s health will require us to provide different vaccines to different people according to need and availability.

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Soft plastic packaging recycled into sustainable concrete

RMIT research has helped create concrete made with soft plastic in a redeveloped carpark – the first time the circular-economy technology has been used in an Australian commercial project.

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The Oxford vaccine has unique advantages, as does Pfizer’s. Using both is Australia’s best strategy

The best approach for protecting everyone’s health will require us to provide different vaccines to different people according to need and availability.

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Soft plastic packaging recycled into sustainable concrete

RMIT research has helped create concrete made with soft plastic in a redeveloped carpark – the first time the circular-economy technology has been used in an Australian commercial project.

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Nano-thin piezoelectrics advance self-powered electronics
Science
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A new type of ultra-efficient, nano-thin material could advance self-powered electronics, wearable technologies and even deliver pacemakers powered by heart beats.

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Bio-inspired: How lobsters can help make stronger 3D printed concrete
Technology
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New research shows that patterns inspired by lobster shells can make 3D printed concrete stronger, to support more complex and creative architectural structures.

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World-first IT course gives Indian school students a pathway to programming
Technology
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India’s next generation of programmers are getting a head-start on their careers through RMIT’s Introduction to Programming course, delivered online and free-of-charge.

Too much information: the COVID work revolution has increased digital overload
Business and Entrepreneurship
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Interference with our brain's goal-directed functioning is increasing with ever more tools for virtual communication and collaboration.

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Image by Florian Elias Rieser, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license

Bio-inspired: How lobsters can help make stronger 3D printed concrete
Technology
Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 19 Jan 2021

New research shows that patterns inspired by lobster shells can make 3D printed concrete stronger, to support more complex and creative architectural structures.

The Oxford vaccine has unique advantages, as does Pfizer’s. Using both is Australia’s best strategy
Society and Environment
Icon / Small / Calendar Created with Sketch. 14 Jan 2021

The best approach for protecting everyone’s health will require us to provide different vaccines to different people according to need and availability.

Study shows meaningful lockdown activity is more satisfying than busyness
Health
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With much of the world practicing varying degrees of social distancing and lockdown, researchers have been investigating the key to happiness in isolation.

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