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Upaya menuju ketahanan pangan

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Fish form a large part of the diet for many living on small islands. Credit: Australia Indonesia Centre

Jumlah ikan yang ditangkap para nelayan Indonesia semakin berkurang. Apapun alasannya, ini merupakan masalah besar bagi penduduk pulau-pulau kecil karena 90% sumber protein yang mereka berasal dari ikan.

Membangun sistem angkutan kargo yang efisien

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Improving the rail systems may have far-reaching benefits. Credit: Institute of Railway Technology (IRT)

Brain training to give tendon pain the boot

Re-training the brain with painless exercises may be the key to stopping recurring tendon pain, according to Melbourne researchers.

AFL, basketball and netball players are the major sufferers, with tendon pain in the knee debilitating and long-lasting. The injury can sideline a player or cause them to give up the sport entirely.

“More than 50 per cent of people who stop sport because of tendon pain still suffer from that pain 15 years later,” says Dr Ebonie Rio of the Monash University Tendon Research group.

“Our simple exercise is revolutionising how we treat tendinopathy.”

Putting a window and lasers in a ship’s hull

Melbourne and Indonesian scientists work to improve shipping efficiency

Scientists available for interview in Bahasa Indonesia and English. Video overlay and photos of ferry available below.

Read the release in Bahasa Indonesia.

Every shipping manager wages an endless battle against fouling – the bacteria, seaweed, barnacles and other marine life that take residence on the hull of ships. This biofouling is thought to add more than 20 per cent to the fuel costs of commercial shipping. That’s a big cost for the maritime trading nations of Australia and Indonesia.

Using lasers and a window in a ship’s hull, researchers will assess how quickly the efficiency of the ship declines, and then how to balance fuel efficiency and the cost of putting a ship in dry dock to clean it.

A ship travelling between Java and South Samatra has had 30 centimetre windows installed in its hull for the research. Credit: Nadia Astari

Not to be sniffed at! Nose spray offers pain relief in childbirth

Pain relief during childbirth may soon be delivered via a self-administered nasal spray, thanks to research from University of South Australia midwifery researcher, Dr Julie Fleet.

Well known for its use in delivering pain relief to children and in managing pain in patients being transferred by ambulance, the nasal spray analgesic drug, fentanyl, has now been shown to be effective in relieving labour pain.

Julie Fleet, University of South Australia) — *Julie Fleet, University of South Australia*

In fact Julie and her colleagues at Flinders University and the University of Adelaide have found that fentanyl nose spray is just as effective as pethidine injections, which are commonly used, but fentanyl has fewer side effects for both mother and baby.

Filtering the blood to keep cancer in check

A new diagnostic system used to detect cancer cells in small blood samples could next be turned towards filtering a patient’s entire system to remove those dangerous cells – like a dialysis machine for cancer – says an Australian researcher who helped develop the system.

Dr Majid Warkiani at the Australian Centre for NanoMedicine at the University of New South Wales — *Dr Majid Warkiani, Australian Centre for NanoMedicine, UNSW*

The technique was developed for cancer diagnosis, and is capable of detecting (and removing) a tiny handful of cancer-spreading cells from amongst the billions of healthy cells in a small blood sample.

The revolutionary system, which works to diagnose cancer at a tenth of the cost of competing technologies, is now in clinical trials in the US, UK, Singapore and Australia, and is in the process of being commercialised by Clearbridge BioMedics PteLtd in Singapore.

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Para ilmuwan bersedia untuk diwawancarai dalam Bahasa Indonesia dan Bahasa Inggris.

Jumlah ikan yang ditangkap para nelayan Indonesia semakin berkurang. Apapun alasannya, ini merupakan masalah besar bagi penduduk pulau-pulau kecil karena 90% sumber protein yang mereka berasal dari ikan.

Para ilmuwan bersedia untuk diwawancarai dalam Bahasa Indonesia dan Bahasa Inggris

Over sixty-five million Indonesians live off the grid. But what does that mean in the era of micro-grids, batteries and efficient solar panels? And how do communities change with 24/7 energy?

Providing reliable electric power is one of the keys to unlocking the potential of the remote islands and landlocked areas of Indonesia and of Australia’s north, a priority for both countries.

Researchers available for interview in Bahasa Indonesia and English. More images below.

Today the Indonesian Minister for Energy and Mineral Resources, Sudirman Said, will open the Indonesian Clean Energy Centre of Excellence in Bali, with Australia to be an important partner in the Centre’s new activities.

Lebih dari enam puluh lima juta rakyat Indonesia hidup tanpa listrik. Apa maknanya dalam era jaringan mikro, baterai, dan panel surya yang efisien? Bagaimana masyarakat berubah dengan listrik tersedia setiap saat?

Pasokan listrik yang andal adalah salah satu kunci untuk membuka potensi pulau-pulau terpencil dan kawasan pedalaman di Indonesia dan Australia utara, area yang diprioritaskan oleh kedua negara.

Melbourne and Indonesian scientists work to improve shipping efficiency

Scientists available for interview in Bahasa Indonesia and English. Video overlay and photos of ferry available below.

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