All it took was some dry grass lodged under a car to spark a major blaze that has been burning for over a week in outback Queensland. A driver has been airlifted to hospital with burns Firefighters ...

Spinifex grass could be used to create thinner, stronger latex for gloves and condoms, as well as more durable seals and tyres, an Australian scientist says. Advance Queensland research fellow Dr.

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Brisbane, Australia — Australian native spinifex grass fibers could be used to make paper to replace some plastics packaging — and thinner condoms. The grass, which grows in semi-arid regions in ...

Fibres from the Australian native spinifex grass are being used to improve latex that could be used to make condoms as thin as a human hair without any loss in strength. Working in partnership with ...

Grass (from the ground) is hot right now. Gwyneth Paltrow consumes only grass-fed beef and grass-fed poultry. Other people like to drink wheatgrass shots. Some men actually are grass, according to the ...

Researchers are convinced they’ve found the thinnest, strongest, most satisfying condom material to date. The main ingredient: Australian Spinifex grass, a native plant that grows in one of the most ...

Alas, you wouldn't want to eat this native of Western Australia — Spinifex grasses are often so hard and spiky that scientists say collecting... If I spot a blade of interesting-looking grass, my ...

Researchers in Australia made an unusual finding after accidentally realizing a newly discovered species of grass tastes just like salt-and-vinegar potato chips. The spinifex grass, found in Australia ...

Researchers have long been curious about the striking growth form of spinifex and now scientists say soil microbes are the answer. Anyone who has visited the Australian outback would be familiar with ...

If I spot a blade of interesting-looking grass, my first inclination isn't to wonder what it tastes like. But a group of researchers in Australia recently stumbled upon two new species of grass with a ...