PRESS RELEASE FROM NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP Thursday 21 March 2013 Singapore’s science output has grown faster in 2012 than any of the major science-producing countries in the Asia-Pacific …
Yonsei University takes number one spot
PRESS RELEASE FROM NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP Thursday 21 March 2013 Yonsei University topped the national institutional research rankings in South Korea for the first time, according to the Nature …
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Weighing the Earth with a Nobel Laureate
Launch: Friday 1 March 2013, 9-10.30am Albert Park College, 83 Danks St, Albert Park, Victoria Do you weigh more in Melbourne or Canberra? What does our planet …
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Nobel laureate presents school science project
Posted on behalf of the University of New South Wales It’s not every day that school students get to present their science project to a major scientific conference, and rarer still to receive a …
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Goodbye twinkle, hello stars – physics in Sydney
Australian researchers are taking the twinkle out of stars for the world’s biggest light telescope, the Giant Magellan Telescope in Chile. And a new optical fibre – which can only be made in …
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Accurate time with light and designing the NBN
A new, cheaper way to deliver accurate time across Australia: instead of using hydrogen maser clocks costing hundreds of thousands of dollars we can bounce signals through the national’s optical fibre …
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How close is a quantum computer?
Quantum computers promise ultra-powerful, high speed number crunching. They’ll help us to search vast databases and model biological molecules at an atomic level. …
Farm methane is bigger than Arctic permafrost, and we can do something about it
Our biggest hopes of keeping global methane levels down may be chewing the cud in a paddock near you. …
Loose joints; safe water; the limits of executive power – 2013 Menzies scholars
Sir Robert Menzies’ legacy continues Scholarships announced today to young leaders in physiotherapy, engineering, and the law in Sydney and Melbourne. The treatment of “loose joints”, or …
Even sceptical farmers are adapting as the weather gets weirder
Climate change will affect how we farm, but we’re not at the point of ‘adapt or die’. Right now the meme is ‘adapt and profit’. Today’s stories from the agriculture and climate change conference …
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Carbon farming: river of gold, or flood of words?
Wednesday 29 November at the CCRSPI conference on agriculture and climate change Can our farmers really help Australia meet its emissions targets using ‘soil carbon’? What will happen to the …
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New strategy in the fight against climate change
Posted on behalf of Senator the Hon. Joe Ludwig - Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Minister assisting Queensland Floods Recovery and Senator for Queensland 27 …
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