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The major protein in silkworm silk is being used by Peter Domachuk and his colleagues at the University of Sydney as a platform for sophisticated new health tests. The protein, fibroin, is …
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Adding to chaos underground could help manage polluted water, according to CSIRO physicist Guy Metcalfe. His team has been working on “chaotic advection”, which describes the motion of particles …
UK researcher Anthony Brown reported on the IceCube neutrino telescope under construction at the South Pole. The first stages are up and running, looking for high energy neutrinos from a variety of …
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David Karoly will rebut the common arguments and misinformation that question the role of human activity, particularly increasing concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse gases, as the main cause of …
By Vivien Lee Anyone can discover a neutron star in their own home, says the director of the Einstein@Home Project, Prof Bruce Allen. You don’t even have to be awake—your computer screensaver does …
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CERN director general preview a new centre and reports on the LHC’s first year A $25-million Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre to explore the origins of the universe immediately after the Big …
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