What does food do – time to move beyond the glycaemic index It’s time to get smarter about food labelling according to Dr John Monro, speaking at the international chemistry conference in Melbourne …
Spinning the world clean
Prof Colin Raston and his colleagues in the Centre for Strategic Nano-Fabrication at the University of Western Australia are setting about cleaning up the world—and chemical industry in …
Eight for apples, 46 for muffins and other chemistry stories
Eight for apples, 46 for muffins Plants protect plants and triple yields in East Africa Spinning the world clean Thursday, 8 July 2010 at Chemistry for a Sustainable World, an international …
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Plants protect plants and triple yields in East Africa
More than 30,000 East African farmers are using plants to protect their corn (maize) crops from insect and weed attack. The crop protection strategy was developed by Kenyan and UK …
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Locust plagues, feeding nine billion people and vegetable oil for your car, tractor and truck
Worst locust plague in 30 years this summer Can we feed nine billion people by 2050? Vegetable oil to lubricate your car, tractor and truck Wednesday, 7 July 2010 at Chemistry for a …
Worst locust plague in 30 years this summer
Victorian farmers are in a phony war right now – but in spring the invasion will come. We’re likely to see the worst locust plague for 30 years. David Hunter will tell the conference how plagues occur …
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