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Making a Difference 2019-2020

Featuring ARC-supported research projects from 2019-2020.

Making a difference		1
Making a difference		1
Outcomes of ARC supported research 2019–20		1
THE AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL		2
THE AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL		2
A MESSAGEFROM OUR CEO		3
A MESSAGEFROM OUR CEO		3
CONTENTS		4
UNDERSTANDING OUR WORLD THROUGH FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH		7
SMASHING THE QUANTUM SPEED RECORD		8
MILLISECOND RADIO REFLEXES FIELD A CURVEBALL FROM DEEP SPACE		9
GIANT TSUNAMI FOLLOWED DINOSAUR-KILLING ASTEROID		10
ANCIENT HYENA POO SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON HUMAN EVOLUTION		11
THE MAKING OF A SUPERPLUME: HUGE UNDERGROUNDMOUNTAINS OF HOT ROCK		13
SYNTHETIC BIO-COMPUTERS MAY HOLD THE KEY TO SOLVE THE UNSOLVABLE		14
SYNTHETIC BIO-COMPUTERS MAY HOLD THE KEY TO SOLVE THE UNSOLVABLE		14
GLITCHING NEUTRON STAR OPENS UP TO RESEARCHERS		17
INDUSTRY DRIVEN RESEARCH TO GENERATE ECONOMIC IMPACTS		19
INDUSTRY DRIVEN RESEARCH TO GENERATE ECONOMIC IMPACTS		19
PROTECTING WHEAT FROM SALTY SOILS		20
DEBUNKING THE MYTH ABOUT WHEAT BREEDINGAND ALLERGIES		21
GONE WITH THE WIND—REDUCING AGRICULTURAL METHANE EMISSIONS		22
THE KEY TO SUCCESS IS A COMPANY’S CULTURE		23
DE-ODOURISING SHEEP MAKES THEM LESS APPEALING TO BLOWFLIES		24
RECYCLING DENIM IN A NEW WAY		26
REINVENTING SUGARCANE INTO ENERGY		27
BREAKTHROUGH IN PLANT NUTRIENT DETECTION		28
SPEARHEADING A MATHEMATICAL APPROACH TO SOLVE BUSINESS PROBLEMS		31
SPEARHEADING A MATHEMATICAL APPROACH TO SOLVE BUSINESS PROBLEMS		31
DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES		33
2D MATERIALS FOUND TO THRIVE IN SPACE CONDITIONS		34
ARTIFICIAL LEAVES TO ABSORB CO2		35
ULTRATHIN GRAPHENE FILM EFFICIENTLY ABSORBS ENERGY FROM THE WARM RAYS OF THE SUN		36
20 YEARS OF RESEARCH LEADS TO AIRPORT EXPLOSIVES DETECTOR		37
TWEAKING SILICON TO IMPROVE SOLAR CELLS FOR CHEAPER ENERGY		39
ADVANCING		41
HELP OR HINDRANCE? UNTANGLING THE ROLE OF WOODY LIANA VINES		42
FOR A FISH, IT’S NOT JUST WHO YOU ARE, BUT WHERE YOU ARE		45
‘WHOOPI’ THE MANTA RAY SHOWS HOW HEALING’S DONE		46
PLASTIC POLLUTION HARMS OXYGEN-PRODUCING OCEAN BACTERIA		47
MANGROVE DIEBACK REVEALS AN UNEXPECTED SOURCE OF METHANE		49
REVEALING THE WORLD’S BIGGEST PARROT: ‘HERACLES’		50
SCIENTISTS MEASURE THE LOSS OF SHARK BAY SEAGRASS		51
FIGHTING POLLUTION WITH MATHS		52
LEADING AN EVOLUTION IN CORAL		55
INDIGENOUS		57
INDIGENOUS COLLABORATION VITAL TO CONSERVATION RESEARCH OUTCOMES		58
INCLUDING INDIGENOUS STORIES IN THE AUSTRALIAN DICTIONARY OF BIOGRAPHY		60
CELEBRATING AND PRESERVING INDIGENOUS CEREMONIES		62
UNDERSTANDING EXTREME BUSHFIRE BEHAVIOUR		63
STRIVING FOR		65
EXAMINING THE CULTURAL LEGACY OF MELBOURNE’S FIRST ARCHBISHOP		66
VALUES INFLUENCE WHERE WE SPEND OUR TIME AND MONEY		68
THE UPLIFTING HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN AVIATION		69
DANCING KIDS ACHIEVE BOOSTED ABILITIES TO SELF-REGULATE		70
EARLY DIFFERENCES AND DISADVANTAGE IN HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR LGBQ PEOPLE		71
CLIMATE AND ECONOMIC FACTORS DRIVING FARMERS FROM THE LAND		72
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE GETS THE GRADES		75
IMPROVING HEALTH AND WELL-BEING		77
THE BIG ANXIETY FESTIVAL		78
THE LASTING IMPACT OF CAREGIVING FOR A DYING LOVED ONE		79
UNCOVERING THE MECHANISM TO HUMAN VIRALIMMUNITY		80
DIY PRESSURE PUMP BREAKS DOWN TECHNOLOGY BARRIER		82
ILLUMINATING THE GOLDEN STAPH		83
EXPLORING COGNITIVE AGEING AND ITS IMPACTS ON INDIVIDUALS		84
SLEEPING ‘ON-CALL’—OR NOT		87
ARC SCHEME INFORMATION:DISCOVERY PROGRAM		88
ARC SCHEME INFORMATION:LINKAGE PROGRAM		89

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