As the world phases out use of PFAS-based foams in firefighting for the safer but less effective fluorine-free foams (F3), a new Charles Darwin University (CDU) project is aiming to increase the efficacy of this alternative foam.
Right now, PFAS-based foams continue to outperform F3. This delays fire suppression with F3, when every second counts, and prevents F3 from being deployed as a true drop-in replacement for PFAS-based foams.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) could become a radiologist’s best friend, with researchers training the technology to accurately diagnose pneumonia, COVID-19 and other lung diseases.
A global study of sewage contamination in harbours, with samples taken from 18 cities across five continents, has revealed that faecal contamination of Darwin Harbour from sewage is very low compared to the rest of the world.
A days’ long canoe voyage along the Arnhem Land coast can now be completed within hours in a tinnie, but accelerating movement has unique and complex implications for Indigenous peoples’ relationship with their ancestral Country, according to a new research paper.
The research focuses on the impact of technological advancements on maritime transport, examining historic and contemporary journeys between the Northern Territory towns of Warruwi and Maningrida in north central Arnhem Land, a voyage of more than 250km.
