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Wednesday, 25 Nov 2020
  • Research story

“The best kind of rare earth deposit is one that is de-risked by having other commodities, where you are producing rare earth as a by-product.

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Tuesday, 24 Nov 2020
  • Research story

The joint studies found molecular fossils extracted from 635-million-year-old rocks aren't the earliest evidence of animals, but instead common algae.

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Wednesday, 18 Nov 2020
  • Research story

Pioneering new research has helped geologists solve a long-standing puzzle that could help pinpoint new, untapped concentrations of some the most valuable rare earth deposits.

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Friday, 06 Nov 2020
  • News

Asteroids are all over the news these days with the NASA-led mission OSIRIS-Rex gathering samples from asteroid Bennu.

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Wednesday, 21 Oct 2020
  • Research story

A team of Australian researchers including nine from RSES set off on a landmark voyage to discover more about the Earth beneath our oceans, and what triggers underwater earthquakes.

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Tuesday, 13 Oct 2020
  • News

RSES's early career researcher Adele Morrison receives the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women fellowship, awarded annually to only a handful of the most outstanding ECR female scientists.

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Tuesday, 15 Sep 2020
  • Student profile

‘Studying Earth sciences takes you to places that not many people can reach or see because the rocks I study are in some very remote areas.I've been to so many remote places.... it gives you a very different perspective on life"

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Tuesday, 15 Sep 2020
  • Student profile

The goal of my research is to better understand how the changes in the oceans oxygen levels will affect the lives and deaths of its inhabitants.

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Friday, 11 Sep 2020
  • Student profile

'There is this amazing idea that nothing is random...... I like the idea that by looking at clues in the chemistry and the physics you can unravel exactly why things are.'

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