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PRESS RELEASE FROM NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP Thursday 27 March 2014 Japan remains the major scientific power in Asia-Pacific, despite China nipping at its heels - according to the Nature …
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PRESS RELEASE FROM NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP Thursday 27 March 2014 China is on track to become the dominant scientific power in Asia-Pacific, according to the editors of the Nature Publishing …
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PRESS RELEASE FROM NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP Thursday 27 March 2014 South Korea ranks fourth for scientific research output in the region, according to the Nature Publishing Index 2013 …
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PRESS RELEASE FROM NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP Thursday 27 March 2014 Singapore holds its own among its bigger Asia-Pacific neighbours, ranking fifth for scientific research output according to the …
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Australia’s Future: 28 creative careers for adventurous young people in science, technology, engineering and mathematics Chief Scientist Professor Ian Chubb this morning launched Australia’s Future, …
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The holy grail of healthy old age may lie in the riddle of cells that stop cancer and hasten age at the same time. Professor Judith Campisi, the head of research labs at San Francisco’s Buck …
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We’re living longer. That means that we’re all at greater risk of cancer and we’ll all suffer from bone loss. And for many of us, our final years will be difficult. Josef Penninger plans to change …
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Wednesday 19 February 2014 Tasmanian researchers have revealed ancient conditions that almost ended life on Earth, using a new technique they developed to hunt for mineral deposits. The first …
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Wednesday 19 February 2014 Could we treat melanoma by cutting off its food source? The latest research from Sydney’s Centenary Institute and the University of Sydney suggests we could. Last …
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The art of science: a network of nerve cells and a neural sunrise, captured under the microscope Neural spiderwebs – unlocking the secrets of low level laser irradiation for pain therapy This …
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Free and available online now for the four million Australians with hearing loss It’s taken 70 years to invent a better hearing test. That’s how long we’ve been using the classic ‘beep’ audiology …
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Captured on camera, published in Nature Cell Biology When you were an embryo, just 8-cells large, your eight roundish cells did something they had never done before – something that would …
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