Western Australia has Australia's best offshore windfarm site, according to research, though while Australia has spare land offshore wind probably won't be used.

Researchers have discovered that the strange looking mantis shrimp has unique polarised vision that allows it to see a world invisible to all other animals.

A new site has been created that allows entrepreneurs and inventors to check whether their revolutionary idea or invention is really a new one.

An international collaboration has found that the Universe is really twice as bright as previously thought, with dust clouding much of the starlight generated.

Scientists have discovered the resident stem cell in the part of the brain that stores memories, and have found out how to activate it to produce new neurons.

Researchers have discovered that an adenosine receptor plays a major role in the regulation of herion addictions, providing hope for new treatments.

Desire to conform can be so strong in lone fish that they will follow another fish into danger, though in crowds they stay with more popular trends, research has found.

Scientists have developed a safer method of manually collecting ostrich sperm using a dummy, rather than human, sexual partner for the powerful males.

The oral diabetes drug, used as an alternative to insulin injections, has been found to be both safe and effective for pregnant women.

Researchers have developed a program that can help parents share the workload of a newborn baby, in an effort to improve the health of new mums.