Call for food revolution based on soil health
Australia needs a nationwide effort to raise soil fertility, guarantee food security and a healthy diet - and lock up carbon.
Environment
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Guaranteeing the future of affordable rental housing
An international review of the use of government guarantees to support investment in affordable rental housing will be released in Melbourne, Australia, today, ahead of a major Think Tank bringing together experts from Australia, ...
Social Sciences
Oct 28, 2013
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Future mining and dining booms depend on water
The next mining boom and the emerging 'dining boom' in agriculture will depend critically on whether Australia has enough water to support them.
Environment
Oct 28, 2013
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Sun emits third solar flare in two days
UPDATE: Another solar flare erupted from the same area of the sun on Oct. 25, 2013,which peaked at 11:03 a.m. EDT. This flare is classified as an X2.1 class.
Space Exploration
Oct 28, 2013
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China Telecom profit up 20 percent on 3G users
State-owned China Telecom, the country's third-biggest mobile phone operator by subscribers, said Monday that quarterly profit grew by a fifth as it continued to benefit from spending by new users of data-hungry iPhones.
Business
Oct 28, 2013
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Traces of DNA exposed by twisted light
Structures that put a spin on light reveal tiny amounts of DNA with 50 times better sensitivity than the best current methods, a collaboration between the University of Michigan and Jiangnan University in China has shown.
Bio & Medicine
Oct 28, 2013
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Study maps human impacts on top ocean predators along US west coast
The California Current System along the U.S. west coast is among the richest ecosystems in the world, driven by nutrient input from coastal upwelling and supporting a great diversity of marine life. Like coastal regions in ...
Ecology
Oct 28, 2013
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Yields of new varieties of agricultural crops continue to increase
Research into varieties of winter wheat, spring barley, potatoes grown for starch and sugar beet which have been introduced in the Netherlands by plant breeding companies between 1980 and 2010 shows that new varieties continue ...
Biotechnology
Oct 28, 2013
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reCAPTCHA eases up on the human eye
(Phys.org) —Google, assuming you are human and reading this, wants you to know that CAPTCHAs are more readable. There will be easier days ahead than having to put your face against the screen, struggling to figure out if ...
Nielsen to begin measuring mobile viewing
Starting next fall, Nielsen will begin counting television programs watched on mobile phones and tablets within its traditional TV ratings.
Telecom
Oct 28, 2013
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