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How ocean arteries carry life across the Indian Ocean

30 June 2011

Australian researchers have revealed a new pattern of ocean circulation which will change our understanding of marine events. Research at the University of Melbourne and the Bureau of Meteorology has overturned conventional ideas of ocean circulation.

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Match your treatment to your cancer

30 June 2011

Cell death genes essential for cancer therapy identified. New research has uncovered why certain cancers don’t respond to conventional chemotherapy, highlighting the need to match treatments to cancers better.

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Understanding the link between HIV and dementia

29 June 2011

HIV can hide out in the brain, protected from the immune system and antiviral drugs, Dr Lachlan Gray and his colleagues at Monash University and the Burnet Institute have found.

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Printing solar cells

29 June 2011

Australian researchers have invented nanotech solar cells that are thin, flexible and use 1/100th the materials of conventional solar cells. Printable, flexible solar cells that could dramatically decrease the cost of renewable energy have been developed by PhD student Brandon MacDonald in collaboration with his colleagues from CSIRO’s Future Manufacturing Flagship and the University of [...]

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A little lupin improves the bread of life

12 June 2011

In flour it reduces heart disease risk say Melbourne and WA researchers You can lower your risk of heart disease significantly, just by using flour containing 40 per cent lupin beans in the place of conventional wholemeal flour, according to research by Victoria University dietitian Dr Regina Belski and colleagues from the University of Western [...]

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Seeding the regrowth of nerves with tamarind

7 June 2011

Melbourne scientists have developed an injectable material that encourages nerves in the brain and spinal cord to regrow. Their work could lead to new ways of treating nerve-based injuries or conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and Huntington’s disease.

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Waste heat slashes fuel consumption

7 June 2011

A minor modification to your car could reduce fuel consumption by over seven per cent. The Deakin University invention uses waste heat to reduce friction by warming the engine oil. A prototype has been built and tested and the inventors are now talking to the car manufacturers and developing an aftermarket conversion kit.

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A smart bandage reveals healing

5 June 2011

Melbourne researchers have developed smart bandages that change colour to reveal the state of the wound beneath. Their invention could reduce the $500 million cost of chronic wound care in Australia.

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As good as an atomic clock

7 July 2010

Mobile phones, air traffic control, smart grids, and online gaming are all critically dependent on accurate timing across the internet. That’s why it’s so important that University of Melbourne electronic engineer Julien Ridoux and his colleagues have developed a completely new, free, software clock accurate to within a millionth of a second.

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Print your own lasers, lights and TV screens

30 June 2010

Imagine printing your own room lighting, lasers, or solar cells from inks you buy at the local newsagent. Jacek Jasieniak and his colleagues at CSIRO, the University of Melbourne and the University of Padua in Italy, have moved a step closer to such a future, by developing liquid inks to print devices known as quantum dots.

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Cling wrap captures CO2

15 June 2010

High tech cling wraps that ‘sieve out’ carbon dioxide from waste gases can help save the world, says Melbourne University chemical engineer, Colin Scholes who developed the technology. The membranes can be fitted to existing chimneys where they capture CO2 for removal and storage. They are already being tested on brown coal power stations in [...]

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Joint reversal eases arthritis

15 June 2010

A shoulder-joint implant, with the ball and socket on the opposite bones from nature, can significantly improve the quality of life of patients with severe arthritis and tendon tears, says medical engineer David Ackland from the University of Melbourne.

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Insulin that doesn’t need a fridge or a needle?

12 June 2010

A young Monash University chemist and her colleagues have successfully strengthened insulin’s chemical structure without affecting its activity. Their new insulin won’t require refrigeration.

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How do black holes eat?

8 June 2010

Using galaxies as cosmic telescopes to reveal the diets of the black holes at the heart of every galaxy. Anglo-Australian Observatory Astronomer David Floyd has been able to observe matter falling into a super-massive black hole – one of the Universe’s brightest objects.

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Wind – the key factor for dangerous bushfire weather

8 June 2010

Wind speed plays a bigger role than temperature in creating dangerous conditions for bushfires, says Dr Andrew Dowdy a physicist from the Bureau of Meteorology.

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Fresh Scientist wins Cosmopolitan Women of the Year

2 October 2009

2007 Fresh Scientist Tu’uhevaha Kaitu’u-Lino has won the 2009 Cosmopolitan Fun, Fearless, Female, Women of Science – and a $10,000 cheque.

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