The Australian Government has created the Reliable Affordable Clean Energy for 2030 Co-operative Research Centre (RACE for 2030). Working with private industry, RACE for 2030 will fund research into a "distributed grid"; a national strategy for charging stations required under the forecast growth in electric vehicles; harnessing rooftop solar and paying householders for their energy; and trial community scale micro-electricity grids.A distributed energy grid could reduce reliance on base-load power and draw not only from large-scale utility plants, but from smaller sources such as rooftop solar on businesses right down to the household level, making use of smart technologies.https://crca.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/RACE-Information-Brochure-v1.5.pdf

Research shows mental health has deteriorated as a result of stress and worry as the COVID-19 crisis has developed.Topics like happiness and wellbeing have attracted more interest and more than 2 million students have enrolled in Professor Santos’ free online course, The Science of Wellbeing.She teaches that your wellbeing can be boosted by socialising, helping others, and being in the present (mindfulness). https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/04/coronavirus-covid19-science-of-wellbeing-yale-advice/

Team ‘ALTEN’ won first prize in the UNSW Peter Farrell Cup this year. for creating a medical device that helps doctors provide the best healthcare for cancer patients.  Their device addresses a major problem oncologists face in knowing whether a cancer treatment will work in a patient. They help by testing multiple treatments on a biopsy simultaneously so oncologists can identify the best option within two weeks.” A patent cooperation treaty has been signed with the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and an early stage trial is due to start later this year to validate ALTEN’s clinical application. https://youtu.be/Tl_9ZOVG1Z8

Nuclear fusion promises unlimited clean energy forever. Fusion, unlike fission, does not produce long lasting radioactive waste.

The Corona pandemic has caused a dramatic silencing of human activities that is making the voices of nature resound on an unprecedented scale. In this unique situation in May 2020, the idea was born to make the birds’ voices heard. Local recordings for the DAWN CHORUS will be mapped worldwide.They will be included in a scientific database for biodiversity research. From now on, the Dawn Chorus project will take place every year and thus provide important comparative data.https://dawn-chorus.org/en/