Released on behalf of the Australian Academy of Science Most of the easily-found, economically exploitable mineral deposits in Australia have already been discovered, and are steadily being mined …
Could your lawn, golf course or pasture make its own weedkiller?
IUPAC Symposium 4A - Natural Products, Tuesday 1:45PM - 3:00PM Leslie Weston, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga Leslie Weston has discovered and patented two weedkillers made by plants. Now …
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What difference is GM making to Australian cotton crops?
IUPAC Symposium 3B - Changing Pesticide use and Risk Scenarios with the Introduction of GM Crops Monday 3:30pm Gary Fitt, CSIRO Entomology GM cotton was released in 1996, as part of the fight …
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New perfumes for bugs
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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