Despite the sporadic nature of seismic activity in Australia, the country’s long history of minimal earthquakes has led to a ...

Victoria has been hit by its third earthquake this month, with a city in the states southwest hit early on Thursday morning.

Victoria has been rocked by a second earthquake in a week. The magnitude 3.4 earthquake was recorded at Hamilton, in the ...

The piezoelectric effect has been known since the 1880s. It is essentially the ability of a material to generate an electric ...

A magnitude three earthquake hit Gippsland on Monday night, with the epicentre at Sandy Point near Wilsons Promontory.

The strain imparted by an earthquake can generate voltages in quartz veins that stimulate the mineralization of gold.

New South Wales has been hit by another earthquake, three weeks after the same area felt a 4.8 magnitude quake. Seniors are being urged to take advantage of easy and simple tools to preserve their ...

The magnitude 3 quake hit the state’s Gippsland region just before 8pm on Monday night. The centre of the earthquake was at ...

Researchers have uncovered that large gold nuggets formation is linked to seismic events, due to electric fields generated by ...

Quartz is what is called a piezoelectric material. There aren’t many minerals like this on Earth, and quartz is by far the ...

The second year of the Melbourne festival delivered talent and creativity in spades – leaving me disrupted, enlivened and ...

Ancient gold mining practices reveal a strong connection between quartz and gold formations. Recent studies suggest ...