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This commitment is great news and a wonderful follow-up to the UN global health conference held in Melbourne last month. Here’s the media release from GAVI – the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization.
Mary Robinson, Chair of the GAVI Alliance Board, welcomes the new commitment, which will help save the lives of 4.2 million children
(issued by GAVI)
[Read more…] about Australia commits $US58 million to global vaccines initiative
Australian engineers and physicists have developed a ‘single electron reader’, one of the key building blocks needed to make a quantum computer. Their work was published online by Nature on Monday 27 September.
These pages contain background resources for the paper. [Read more…] about Single electron reader opens path for quantum computing
A team led by UNSW engineers and physicists have developed one of the key building blocks needed to make a quantum computer using silicon: a “single electron reader”. Their work was published today in Nature. [Read more…] about Single electron reader opens path for quantum computing
Australian engineers and physicists have developed a ‘single electron reader’, one of the key building blocks needed to make a quantum computer. Their work was published online by Nature on Monday 27 September.
[Read more…] about Computing with a single electron – background
Detector for the single-electron magnet discovered — pathway to the silicon-based quantum computer
Researchers from University of New South Wales (Australia), University of Melbourne (Australia), and Aalto University (Finland) have succeeded in demonstrating a high-fidelity detection scheme for the magnetic state of a single electron, that is, the spin. The research results have just been published in Nature. [Read more…] about Aalto University press release
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about tracking tsunamis; strengthening aluminium; cleaning your hands; lie detectors; and more… [Read more…] about Tracking tsunamis; strengthening aluminium; cleaning your hands; lie detectors
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about why elephants hate ants; using nanofibres to purify water; the impact of computer games on driving; talkative pandas; and more [Read more…] about Why elephants hate ants, using nanofibres to purify water, talkative pandas… Tim on radio
From 30 August to 1 September the UN was in town for their 63rd annual meeting with NGOs. Two thousand delegates from 70 countries and over 300 NGOs participated. [Read more…] about UN conference results
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about invisible fibres; big-eyed bugs; lion hunting; the trust elixir; and more… [Read more…] about Invisible fibres, big-eyed bugs… Tim on radio
Released on behalf of the Australian Academy of Science.
We know more about the surface of Mars than we do of the earth beneath our feet. Australian earth scientists are calling for a national program to map our country – 300 metres down under.