Fast crystallography for high profile research
Australian protein chemists and drug developers will be able to access synchrotron light within weeks and without leaving home thanks to a new service at the Australian Synchrotron in Melbourne.
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Factsheets
Contents Chikungunya_virus: a re-emerging threat_ Bluetongue virus, climate change and Australia Hendra virus, ecological change and a new threat The Biosecurity Risk Intelligence Scanning Committee_
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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 here OTTAWA – The world’s intellectual property system is broken, stopping lifesaving technologies from reaching the people who need them most in developed and developing countries, according to a report released in Ottawa today by…
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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 here Read about The University of Melbourne and University of Sydney public/student events here Just after 6pm today, Wednesday 10 September, the Large Hadron Collider will start up. Twenty years in the making, the A$6…
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Silicon back in the race for quantum computers
The odds that a futuristic quantum computer will be built of silicon have received a boost, thanks to new technology recently invented by researchers in the Centre for Quantum Computer Technology (CQCT).
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Cleaner flights, smaller footprint
Smarter air traffic control could save 500 kg of fuel and reduce airport noise by 35% for a typical Boeing 747 flight between Sydney and Melbourne according to a team of Canberra-based researchers.
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Big babies and small families make evolutionary sense
Why don’t elephants (and humans) have thousands of little babies instead of one big one?
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Does my asinina look big in these genes?
The world’s fastest growing abalone—the tropical donkey’s ear abalone, Haliotis asinina—can be bred to grow rapidly and reliably for aquaculture, Queensland biologists have found. And that makes it potentially a high value alternative crop for struggling prawn farmers. The researchers looked at whether they could speed up breeding of abalone for aquaculture using modern technology…
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Turning on the atom laser
The first practical atom laser is a step closer today thanks to Australian researchers. The researchers have shown how to refuel the laser with ‘quantum foam’ allowing continuous operation. The results, reported today in Nature Physics, hold great promise for precision measurement in navigation, industry and mining and for fundamental tests of quantum mechanics.
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Platypus sex; drugs from shellfish toxins; the secret of ageing; cancer cells cheat death
5 March 2008 Four leading Australian and New Zealand scientists are in Paris from 5th of March for the 10th anniversary of the L’ORÉAL/ UNESCO For Women In Science program. They’re all available to discuss the latest developments in their research including: The secret of ageing – telomerase How cancer cells cheat death How the…