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The terms clean coal and high-efficiency, low-emissions power stations are high on political agenda. But can they help reduce emissions?

Toshiba may have reached the end of the road, with the Japanese company delaying a release of its earnings report amid a huge one-off loss.

The first national audit of batteries that store solar power shows almost 7,000 were installed in Australian homes last year — and that's predicted to triple this year.

Almost 4,500 NBN users were left without home phone and internet for over 24 hours due to two cable faults at separate isolated locations in outback Australia.

A Melbourne boy's piano that can be played inside a pocket earns him Australia's top student inventor's prize.

Australia plays a critical role in many other countries' space programs, but if we're to capitalise on its strengths in space tracking as well as space science in such a rapidly growing sector, it's time we considered forming a space agency of our own.

Plant recognition apps face many hurdles, including the lack of an Australian equivalent.

South Australia could reduce its reliance on the National Electricity Market through major infrastructure investment, according to a policy expert, as it looks to overcome a privatised market that has proved unreliable.

Residents in the outback South Australian town of Leigh Creek say problems with phone and internet coverage are not just inconvenient, but putting locals at risk.

An award-winning student has shown that sheep intended to control fireweed by grazing are instead, spreading it via their manure.

Grab your binoculars! After a quiet start to the year, Australian sky watchers will be treated to a close encounter with a green comet and a rare winking star.

The technological world may be on the cusp of a revolution, the extent of which is predicted to mimic the take-up of the smartphone in the late 2000s, but some experts call for caution.

The SA Government has suggested "complete nationalisation" of the electricity system and a new gas-fired power station as two options to secure power supply.

An Environment Department investigation confirms the contamination near Linc Energy's underground coal gasification plant is much more widespread than previously thought.

China's Government is proposing a ban on children under 18 playing video games between midnight and 8:00am.

A Queensland scientist plays a vital role in the world-first discovery of a "middleweight" black hole in space, after spending 40 years searching the universe to find it.

Western Australia could go from one lithium mine to seven over the next 18 months, opening up hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue.

West Australian consumers could face huge power price hikes in the coming years unless the State Government starts to factor in the exponential growth of renewable energy, a new study finds.

North Queensland scientists join a global conversation to combat the invisibility of modern scientists.

Scientists discover a supermassive black hole that has taken a record-breaking decade to devour a star twice the size of the Sun — and it is still chewing away.

Small business owner Nick Waterman says he is "really rapt" police have charged a man after an ABC story revealed a credit card refund scam had left his company more than $1,000 out of pocket.

Is Trump's tech company backlash really a big deal?

NASA releases video showing an astronaut on the International Space Station throwing a football in honour of Sunday's Super Bowl in the United States.

Vodafone says Telstra should stop getting subsidies for fixed line services.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority has reversed its decision to make 40 channel UHF radios illegal from June.