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Scientists have been able to kill an infectious parasite using non-toxic gold nanoparticles and laser beams. “Our first target is Toxoplamosis gondii, a parasite that infects one in three people …
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Two outstanding female scientists at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have been awarded research fellowships worth $1.75 million to continue their cancer research. The inaugural five-year Cory …
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Most Australians (84%) feel positive that science and technology are improving society. These positive perceptions have been strongly held over the last five years. …
Bionic eyes, quantum computers and more efficient solar cells are among the many research projects set to benefit from a new facility due to be officially opened in Sydney on Friday. …
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Move aside bronze, iron, silicon We’re moving into the Diamond Age according to Professor David Awschalom from the University of California. He and his team have already built experimental diamond …
Never before have scientists made such a proactive effort to study the safety of an emerging technology as they are currently doing with nanotechnology, says Dr Mark Wiesner from Duke University. …
Measuring the contents of a single cell: the nano-machinery of life Scientists are developing a tiny set of scales that will be capable of weighing each of the 100 million or so different proteins in …
A radical new kind of computer memory will be a million times faster than existing hard-drives, a leading expert in the field of nanotechnology announced today in Sydney. It will use nanotechnology …
And Australians are feeling good about new technologies including nanotechnology. Most Australians (84%) feel positive that science and technology are improving society. These positive perceptions …
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Results from Journey of Your Genes Public Swabbing Event Revealed MELBOURNE (3 Dec, 2009), The Governor of Victoria, His Excellency Prof. David de Kretser, AC, shares the same Y chromosome …
Results from Journey of Your Genes Public Swabbing Event Revealed MELBOURNE (3 Dec, 2009), The Governor of Victoria, His Excellency Prof. David de Kretser, AC, shares the same Y chromosome …
One hundred and fifty years ago Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species, revealing his theory of evolution. It was a revolutionary idea that underpins all of modern biology. His great, …
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