High resolution images Liver factsheet Paper citation and abstract Our livers can fight back against the immune system – reducing organ rejection but also making us more susceptible to liver …
Five years of L’Oréal Australia For Women in Science Fellows
2011 marks the fifth year that L’Oréal Australia will award its For Women in Science Fellowships to Australian early-career female scientists. Since its inception in 2007, the Fellowships, worth …
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Humanity + – a free public forum on nanotechnologies and their implications
Nanotechnologies are changing our world, soon they’ll be transforming our bodies. Free public forum, Oceans Bar, Crown Plaza Hotel, Coogee This Thursday 14 July 2011 from 6 pm. …
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Tammar wallaby’s clever immune tricks revealed
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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Single electron reader opens path for quantum computing
Australian engineers and physicists have developed a ‘single electron reader’, one of the key building blocks needed to make a quantum computer. Their work was published online by Nature on Monday 27 …
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Single electron reader opens path for quantum computing
A team led by UNSW engineers and physicists have developed one of the key building blocks needed to make a quantum computer using silicon: a “single electron reader”. Their work was published today …
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Computing with a single electron – background
Background information about the ‘single electron reader’ invention as published in Nature Australian engineers and physicists have developed a ‘single electron reader’, one of the key building blocks …
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2010 award ceremony photos
The three L’Oréal Australia For Women In Science Fellows received their awards on Tuesday night at the Melbourne Museum. Here are some photos from the night. All the images are available for use …
2010 Fellows announced
How does breast cancer start? Capturing and releasing gases with smart crystals? Giving malaria a kick in the gut L’Oréal Australia For Women in Science Fellows announced The 2010 L’Oréal Australia …
Mopping up gases
Deanna D’Alessandro University of Sydney A sponge that filters hot air and captures carbon dioxide We need better ways of capturing carbon dioxide emissions from power stations and industry. And we …
Aussie lizard reveals cancer secrets
A compound produced by a pregnant lizard may provide important information on the origins and treatment of cancer in humans, according to zoologist Bridget Murphy from the University of Sydney, who …
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Hunting supernovae and dark energy, Finding the first Australians, What it takes to make a human
Where did we come from; how are we made; and how will it all end? These fundamental questions are being tackled by the 2009 L’Oréal Australia For Women in Science Fellows who received their …