Australia has had an active civil space program since 1947 but has much to learn if it is to capture a bigger share of growing billion dollar global space industry.
Space Exploration
Jul 24, 2014
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If two individuals have the same genetic predisposition for breast cancer, why does one person develop cancer while the other does not?
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 24, 2014
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Home automation systems that control domestic lighting, heating, window blinds or door locks offer opportunities for third parties to intrude on the privacy of the inhabitants and gain considerable insight into their behavioural ...
Computer Sciences
Jul 24, 2014
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Parts of the primordial soup in which life arose have been maintained in our cells today according to scientists at the University of East Anglia.
Biochemistry
Jul 24, 2014
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A report in Biology Letters shows that the drool of herbivores might help defeat the toxic fungal defences of the plants they graze on.
Biotechnology
Jul 24, 2014
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In April 2010, a catastrophic explosion sank the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, operated for the BP company some 50 miles off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico. Eleven rig workers lost their lives, and oil gushed freely ...
Environment
Jul 24, 2014
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray observatory have something in common: a huge test chamber used to simulate the hazards of space and the distant glow of starlight. Viewers can learn about this mysterious ...
Space Exploration
Jul 24, 2014
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A research team led by group leader Yung-Eun Sung has announced that they have developed cost-effective technology to synthesize sulfur-doped and nitrogen-doped graphenes which can be applied as high performance electrodes ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 24, 2014
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Galileo's post-launch team at ESA have finalised their preparations for taking control of the twin satellites being launched next month.
Space Exploration
Jul 24, 2014
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The fifth and final mission of ESA's Automated Transfer Vehicle got off to a flying start today with its launch from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, heading for the International Space Station.
Space Exploration
Jul 24, 2014
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