New disease threats to Australia – are we ready?
This media alert was released the day before the forum. § Media briefing 11 am, Monday, 15 September, Powerhouse Museum,
Landmark study reports breakdown in biotech patent system
Published on behalf of Burness Communcations Authors call for overhaul of intellectual property laws worldwide Read about the report recommendations
Australia and the Large Hadron Collider
View images here Read media release here Read about The University of Melbourne and University of Sydney public/student events here
Australia’s role in the LHC: the world’s largest physics experiment
And no, the world won’t end tomorrow View images here Read feature article on Australia and the Large Hadron Collider
PNG running out of forests to protect
As Papua New Guinea Pushes for Payments for Forest Conservation, New Analysis Says Nation May Be Running Out of Forests
James Watson’s genome published today
Yours will follow! Friday, 18 April 2008: available for interviews this morning. Today the co-discoverer of the double helix, James
Why are we so complicated?
Genetics of climate change; new vaccines; how plants flower; the personal genome and other stories from the gene revolution. Also
Australia and Papua New Guinea launch efforts to crush deadly Hib disease in Pacific region
New vaccine rollout through the GAVI Alliance expected to help extinguish childhood killer Canberra, Australia — Papua New Guinea will
Fulfilling the promise of science for the poorest children
By Julian Lob-Levyt Poor nations can’t develop if their children and mothers aren’t healthy enough to make it to adulthood.