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2006

Mercury Rising! Offices to stay cool and save dollars

29 August 2006

A Sydney research team has developed a sun and wind driven ventilation system to cool commercial buildings on the hottest summer days. They hope that the new system will reduce the power requirements of a commercial ventilation system by 15 to 20 per cent.

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Re-inventing nature for cheaper solar power

29 August 2006

A research team in Sydney has created molecules that mimic those in plants which harvest light and power life on Earth.  

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Why can we see what our cameras can’t? Video cameras learn from insect eyes

28 August 2006

The bane of all wedding videos-that picture of the bride in front of the window where her face so dark that you can’t see the features-may soon be a thing of the past.

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Sound solution for soil pollution

21 August 2006

The cleaning power of sound waves on the back of a truck A young researcher in Sydney is cleaning up contaminated soil by blasting it with ultrasound. Andrea Sosa Pintos from CSIRO Industrial Physics has shown that toxic and carcinogenic pollutants, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), can be decomposed quickly, [...]

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Reducing the killing power of strokes

21 August 2006

A research team at the University of Adelaide has found a way to reduce brain swelling, the most common cause of death after stroke.

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Surfing in Alice Springs

16 August 2006

(before NT and SA collided two billion years ago) TWO BILLION years ago, the Australia we know today existed only in pieces. Northern, western and central Australia all belonged to different continents.

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New research could PAC punch against arthritis

16 August 2006

RESEARCHERS in Sydney have discovered that an enzyme only found in immune cells plays a key role in promoting rheumatoid arthritis. The work raises the possibility of new and better treatments for the painful and debilitating condition, which affects about one in a thousand Australians of all ages.

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More muscle, less body fat without dieting

15 August 2006

I am writing to alert you to a health and exercise story which has been released today as part of the Fresh Science program. A combination of supplements readily available in health food stores can double the rate at which an exercise program builds muscle and sheds body fat. It’s all a matter of timing, [...]

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How does an embryo find its way?

14 August 2006

A young Melbourne researcher has discovered that a compound which attracts white blood cells to areas of inflammation also plays an important role in attracting human embryos to the womb, supporting the establishment of a healthy pregnancy. Approximately 1 in 6 Australian couples will experience infertility. A large part of this may be due to [...]

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Taking the Bull Out of the China Shop

14 August 2006

Research by a Perth forensic scientist is helping to stem the flood of forgeries entering the international antiques market. A Perth forensic scientist is employing lasers to help trace pottery back to the kiln site of its production, thus exposing ceramic forgeries, a multi-million dollar criminal business. Emma Bartle from the Centre for Forensic Science [...]

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Patterson’s curse may be a saving grace for salmon

10 August 2006

Fish make omega-3 from noxious weed Australian scientists have found that fish fed oil extracted from one of Australia’s most damaging noxious weeds, Patterson’s curse, produce health-giving omega-3 oils for human consumption.

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Brain waves reveal disease and colour blindness

10 August 2006

A young Sydney researcher hopes to develop a way to diagnose and monitor diseases by analysing how the brain responds to colour.

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Playing possum: one love

10 August 2006

Why are some males faithful, stay-at-home partners while others sleep around, with no strings attached? In mountain brushtail possums, it turns out to depend on how disturbed their home is.

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Fighting septic shock

8 August 2006

A potential new treatment for septic shock and other inflammatory diseases has been discovered by Monash Institute researchers.

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The life and death of diamonds

8 August 2006

Could Australia rise to the top of the diamond pipe again? Macquarie University researcher Craig O’Neill believes his research could open new diamond fields across Australia.

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More to droplets than meets the eye

8 August 2006

Salads, shampoos and mining to benefit from theoretical research into droplets How much effort does it take to understand the behaviour of oil droplets? A multi-disciplinary team of six researchers from the University of Melbourne has spent the best part of two years, and used $300,000 of equipment to crack the problem.

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