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Two thymus glands fast-track immune defences - Baby wallaby photos available Until now, it was a mystery why many marsupials have two thymuses—key organs in the immune system—instead of the one …
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Written by and posted on behalf of Tony Hill, IPv6Now. Yesterday the world trialled the 'new Internet', the new address system that will open up the future of the Internet allowing you to have an …
Schools, Google and Facebook testing the new Internet on ‘World IPv6 Day’ The world is running out of Internet addresses. A new system of addresses will fix that and allow you to have an address …
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The next generation of hearing aids could be made in Melbourne thanks to a Victorian government grant that will fast-track the prototyping of Australian-designed hearing aids. The $50,000 small …
Invented in Melbourne with bionic ear technology Melbourne researchers have invented a small, smart, self-managed hearing aid that outperforms most conventional hearing aids for less than half the …
CSIRO, Australia’s largest employer of researchers on Monday 11 April committed to remove barriers to the promotion of highly skilled women and to increase incentives to encourage women to return to …
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Summit: Monday 11 April 10.30am to 4 pm Mural Hall, Parliament House Canberra, Media welcome What are CSIRO, ANSTO, the ARC, the NHMRC, Cochlear, CSL…going to do about it? We’re losing our top young …
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Australian Academy of Science media release AAS 1/11 Sixty of Australia’s big-thinking young geoscientists have identified how to ensure this country continues to be a powerhouse of mining for …
9 December 2010 US researchers are offering Australia a gravitational wave detector worth $140 million provided Australia can build an appropriate facility, costing a further $140 million, to house …
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Wednesday 8 December 2010 Today’s stories from the physics conference in Melbourne include: Tomorrow’s technology pioneers recognised today From the laser to quantum optics Prof Kostya (Ken) …
CERN director general preview a new centre and reports on the LHC’s first year A $25-million Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre to explore the origins of the universe immediately after the Big …
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7 December 2010 Here’s today’s stories from the physics congress in Melbourne. Space storms threat to power and phones Are solar flares damaging our ozone layer? The future of nuclear …
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