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WA stargazers to glimpse NASA’s Lucy spacecraft as Curtin University researchers document rare sighting

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will pass close to Earth this weekend, and the best place for stargazers to see the rare encounter is upstate. Curtin University researchers have been commissioned by NASA to observe the Lucy spacecraft on its mission to explore the Trojan asteroids orbiting Jupiter. Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids are considered time capsules from the …

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‘Significant’ rain to hit Melbourne in coming hours as flooding inundates parts of regional Victoria

“Significant rainfall” is expected to hit metro Melbourne in the coming hours as communities in regional Victoria continue to be flooded. Bureau of Meteorology meteorologist Diana Eadie said the heaviest showers would begin to move through Melbourne’s western suburbs from 5pm, before moving into the central and eastern suburbs. Eadie said there had been about …

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‘Gerni away’: Queenslanders get two weeks of free water as dam levels are released ahead of storm season

Island authorities who have suffered years of water restrictions are being encouraged to “flush their access roads” as the state’s biggest dam releases thousands of liters ahead of the storm season. and in a controlled manner’ of Wivenhoe Dam to reduce its level from 90 to 80 per cent. “We are starting to prepare for …

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Australia News LIVE: Medibank Private hit by ‘cyber incident’; The Prime Minister confirms spending cuts in the October budget

The world’s wildlife populations have declined by more than two-thirds since 1970 as forests have been cleared and oceans polluted, according to a new assessment. This “severe decline … tells us that nature is falling apart and the natural world is being emptied,” said Andrew Terry, director of conservation and policy at the Zoological Society …

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Victorian Weather LIVE: Melbourne, regions of state brace for flooding amid ‘significant rain event’

Spirit of Tasmania ferries connecting Victoria to Tasmania have been canceled as heavy rain has prompted flood warnings in Australia’s southernmost state. The northern half of the island state is on high alert for flash flooding. Up to 100mm of rain is expected in the north, 180mm in the north-east and up to 250mm around …

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Australian banks face major payment processing delays after Osko outage

Australian banking customers are currently facing significant delays in sending and receiving money due to an industry-wide disruption to Osko’s payment processing system. Payments from Osko to participating Australian banks are typically received within seconds, regardless of the time or day they are sent. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Money Saving Hacks. Watch the latest news …

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Inflammation and infection may predict mortality after thrombectomy

In a recent study published in Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, researchers evaluated the association of markers of inflammation and infection with mortality in individuals with acute ischemic stroke after thrombectomy. Study: Markers of infection and inflammation are associated with post-thrombectomy mortality in acute stroke. Image credit: Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock Large vessel occlusion (LVO) carries a high risk …

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A novel molecularly imprinted polypyrrole electrode for diagnosing COVID-19

A recent study by Talanta examines the interaction between the spike (S) glycoprotein of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) using a molecularly imprinted polypyrrole (MIP-Ppy) by calcns. plot Anson. The current study revealed that the MIP-Ppy modified electrode was more sensitive to SARS-CoV-2 S glycoprotein than the non-imprinted polypyrrole (NIP-Ppy) modified electrode. This …

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