IUPAC Symposium 4B - Natural Products, Tuesday 4pm John Pickett, Rothamsted Research John Pickett and his British colleagues are creating new kinds of perfumes or attractants for pest …
ABC launches Bluebird – now I can change the world…
11 am, 27 April 2010 From Australians stranded in Europe to fresh vegetable growers in Africa, people dependent on the world’s airlines have done it hard in the past two weeks. If the eruption …
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Eye drug finds new life in Geelong diabetes trial
People with diabetes invited to participate in trial Media release: Geelong, Friday 23 April 2010 Modern drugs can stabilise adult onset diabetes but with some serious side effects. A …
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Killing bugs with gold and laser beams
Scientists have been able to kill an infectious parasite using non-toxic gold nanoparticles and laser beams. “Our first target is Toxoplamosis gondii, a parasite that infects one in three people …
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Fellowship winners make cancer their focus
Two outstanding female scientists at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have been awarded research fellowships worth $1.75 million to continue their cancer research. The inaugural five-year Cory …
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What we think about nanotech
Most Australians (84%) feel positive that science and technology are improving society. These positive perceptions have been strongly held over the last five years. …