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1998

Laser technology to revolutionise the detection of dangerous bugs in water

10 May 1998

Pure clean water A young Sydney researcher and surfer is using laser technology to revolutionise the detection of dangerous bugs like cryptosporidium in water.

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Voyage to the Centre of the Earth – by Computer

10 May 1998

Geologists fascinated by the scum of the earth: giant computer models have replaced Jules Verne’s fevered imagination in producing images of the centre of the Earth.

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Clash of the Marsupial Carnivores

10 May 1998

Australia’s Serengeti: Clash of the Marsupial Carnivores – a Tasmanian researcher’s study of marsupial carnivores and their teeth will help us conserve our remaining marsupial carnivores.

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Kangaroos, Elephant Trunks, and Stars

10 May 1998

Astronomers Discover Menagerie of Hot Molecules How are stars born? A new instrument, developed at UNSW is probing interstellar gas clouds to find out.

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High tech spy: hunting secret lives

10 May 1998

The short-tailed shearwater travels further to feed its young than most animals known including the albatross. Advanced electronic and satellite communication is revealing their secrets. Nick Klomp goes to work armed.

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Lasers make micromachines

10 May 1998

Revolutionary laser micromachining technology installed in Melbourne Lasers make micromachines: a human hair with 6 simultaneously-drilled rectangular holes, micropyramids only 6µm wide simulating a moths eye for telescope optics,

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Unexpected insight into female infertility

10 May 1998

New insight into the cause of female infertility: a certain hormone, interleukin 11, is absolutely essential for female fertility.

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New generation of vaccines a step closer

10 May 1998

A new generation of vaccines is closer, thanks to research work by a young Melbourne scientist on DNA vaccines.

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Bacterial gossip can be stopped!

10 May 1998

 Bacteria “talk” using chemical signals to prepare their attack on humans, animals and plants. Could a chemical from seaweed disrupt their conversation and stop the invasion?

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Adults may pay for stress in the womb

10 May 1998

Stress before birth leads to hypertension in adulthood. Trial in sheep suggest that high blood pressure

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Time rolled back on an alien landscape

10 May 1998

How does the Earth’s surface evolve? A geologist is using 3D animated reconstructions to explore ancient landscapes.

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Police and the public: communication that works

10 May 1998

Conflict: what tactics should police avoid when attempting to defuse a conflict? This behavioural research observed police on patrol for more than a year and electronically recorded their tactics for analysis.

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Soil development at a snails’ pace

10 May 1998

Soil development at snails’ pace: a pioneering study of soil formation in north Queensland shows that it takes 3000 years to form barely a millimetre of soil from the rocks beneath – too little, too long….. Too late!

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All systems are glow in vertebrate pest control

10 May 1998

All systems are glow in vertebrate pest control – new bait markers use hair samples to monitor bait uptake in rabbit and fox control.

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Ancient Technology Could Solve Modern Environmental Problems

10 May 1998

Ancient Technology Could Solve Modern Environmental Problems: a process used in casting the stone blocks of the Pyramids of Egypt is being used for safe disposal of industrial wastes

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Ice Core Clues to Seasons Past

7 May 1998

A 1.2 kilometre long ice core from the Antarctic is yielding valuable new climate information which will help scientists to better understand climate change.

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