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Add fertiliser to fight weeds

14 June 2010

Feeding weeds fertiliser sounds like exactly the wrong thing, if you want to get rid of them, but Jennifer Firn of CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems has been doing just that—to control African lovegrass, an invasive species of rangelands in every Australian state.

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How lobsters create their colours

26 July 2009

A team of Queensland researchers have discovered that lobsters, prawns and other crustaceans have evolved a unique way of making colours: making the complex patterns appreciated by biologists and connoisseurs of seafood.
Their work will help with conservation, aquaculture and may even lead to a new food colourant. And all the colours come from just [...]

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One step closer to turning off cancer genes with gene-silencing

4 June 2009

Using this technology, Sherry and her colleagues observed a 70% reduction in tumour size in a cervical cancer mouse model.

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Strangling tumours in bid to halt cancer

15 May 2009

It may be possible to halt cancer in its tracks by blocking a gene critical to building tumour supply lines, according to new research carried out at the University of Queensland.
Most tumours need a blood supply to grow.
Researchers at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience have found that when new blood vessels form – in developing [...]

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Does my asinina look big in these genes?

15 July 2008

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.

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How sea slugs fall in love

14 August 2007

Scott Cummins and his colleagues at The University of Queensland have uncovered a potent mix of chemicals which acts like a cross between Chanel No 5 and Viagra-but only if you are a sea slug.

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Sight for sore eyes: ancient fish see colour

30 August 2005

The Australian lungfish-one of the world’s oldest fishes and related to our ancient ancestors-may have been viewing rivers in technicolour long before dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
Recent work by postgraduate student Helena Bailes at the University of Queensland has found these unusual fish have genes for five different forms of visual pigment in their eyes. Humans [...]

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Strangling tumours in bid to halt cancer

23 August 2005

It may be possible to halt cancer in its tracks by blocking a gene critical to building tumour supply lines, according to new research carried out at the University of Queensland.
Most tumours need a blood supply to grow.
Researchers at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience have found that when new blood vessels form – in developing [...]

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Let the light shine through

31 August 2004

Fogged up glasses, windscreens and bathroom mirrors may be a thing of the past.
Researchers have invented a new, permanent, multi-purpose coating technology that will prevent your spectacles, car windscreen or bathroom mirror fogging up ever again.
The coating, called XeroCoat, also cuts out unwanted reflections from glass, letting more light through.  Making it ideal for spectacles [...]

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