Climate change to affect liveability of remote Australia
People living in remote Australia are likely to be more severely affected by climate change than other sectors of the national population.
Jun 03, 2013
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Jun 03, 2013
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Pupil well-being falls foul of testing 'obsession'
Government pressure on schools to abandon programmes which promote wellbeing will have 'disastrous' effects on vulnerable pupils, according to University of Manchester research.
May 29, 2013
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Marketing research offers prescription for better nutrition
It may seem counter-intuitive to take health advice from a marketing professor, but when it comes to analyzing consumer data and its relationship to managing health issues such as diabetes, one University ...
Apr 10, 2013
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China lawyer appeals 'state secret' pollution claim
A Chinese lawyer has appealed against an official refusal to release the results of a national soil pollution survey on the grounds that it was a "state secret", he told AFP on Wednesday.
Feb 27, 2013
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Knobbly knees in competition with fingerprints
Forget digital fingerprints, iris recognition and voice identification, the next big thing in biometrics could be your knobbly knees. Just as a fingerprints and other body parts are unique to us as individuals and so can ...
Jan 23, 2013
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What's killing Minnesota moose? Researchers launch new effort to find out
Organizing your Web connections: Social media sorted with smart software
CSIRO's social media analysis software is helping organisations make sense of massive volumes of social media traffic, according to a services research specialist speaking at the Big Data Conference in Sydney ...
Oct 25, 2012
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Study exposes the negative effects of increasing computerized surveillance
Researchers at the Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT finish the first longitudinal study on the effects of ubiquitous surveillance in the home.
Oct 04, 2012
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Adolescents in foster care require guidelines for safe social media use
About 73 percent of online American teens use social networking sites, such as Facebook, to share photos, interests and experiences with others, according to Pew Research Center. For youths in the foster care system, sharing ...
Sep 05, 2012
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Combat makes for gun-shy investors, study says
Veterans who have faced combat are more risk-averse when it comes to investing than noncombatants, according to a new Cornell study. As a result, they may struggle to build wealth through long-term investments, ...
Apr 10, 2012
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Smog and fog ground hundreds of Beijing flights
More than 400 flights to and from Beijing airport, including around 35 international services, were cancelled or delayed on Saturday due to thick fog and strong air pollution covering the city.
Mar 17, 2012
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Structural and functional secrets of a zinc transporter protein with a role in human disease
Up to one-tenth of the proteins encoded in the human genome incorporate zinc, making this element indispensable to biological function. Indeed, most organisms employ a host of specialized transporter proteins ...
Feb 24, 2012
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Poll: Americans believe U.S. headed in wrong direction on energy
A poll released today by The University of Texas at Austin found less than 14 percent of Americans think the country is headed in the right direction on energy. Of more than 3,400 consumers surveyed, 84 percent were worried ...
Oct 20, 2011
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Denmark levies world's first fat tax
Denmark Saturday became the first country in the world to impose a fat tax after a week in which consumers hoarded butter, pizza, meat and milk to avoid the immediate effects.
Oct 01, 2011
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Apple's pipeline: What's coming next
The most common refrain on Thursday among Apple Inc. investors and analysts was that the resignation of Chief Executive Steve Jobs should not affect the company's pipeline of products that are expected to drive strong earnings ...
Aug 26, 2011
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