All posts tagged "Victoria"
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5.3KWho's WhoSupporting best and brightest
The Victorian Government has announced the recipients of the Victoria Prize for Science and Innovation and Victoria Fellowship at an awards ceremony...
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952News and ViewsNew technologies to recover energy from waste
The Victorian Government has released a discussion paper on converting waste to energy to support the development of new technologies, including anaerobic...
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5.5KNews and ViewsGiving young Victorians a headstart on a science-led future
The Victorian Government is giving children the chance to engage with the world of science, technology engineering and maths (STEM) before their...
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6.4KNews and ViewsShepparton support for medical school
La Trobe University has welcomed the call by Deputy Leader of the Nationals, Stephanie Ryan, for Shepparton to take the lead on...
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6.3KNews and ViewsNew eDNA technology key to protect the elusive platypus
The Victorian Government is calling on citizen scientists to help monitor and track platypus activity via new eDNA technology to ensure the...
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6.7KTechnologyVictorian manufacturing blasts into a new era
Victorian university students have launched manufacturing into the Space Age using revolutionary 3D printing technology to design, build and test a world-first...
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8.0KTechnologyTackling the cyber security threat to Victorian services
The Victorian Government is getting on with Victoria’s first ever Cyber Security Strategy to ensure government services and information are kept safe...
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7.2KScienceDiagnose plant diseases quicker and more accurately
Victoria’s ability to protect its $2.3 billion horticulture industry against devastating bacterial plant diseases is now even more robust thanks to Agriculture...
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9.0KResearchStudy into Australia’s oldest invertebrates
A new partnership between Museums Victoria and Monash University will enable the first research into newly-discovered arthropods, including insects, arachnids and hexapods,...
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8.6KNews and ViewsMajor National Science Week events at Ballarat
Federation University Australia has announced the Ballarat STEM Network will be launched at the Mt Helen Campus on Wednesday, 16 August 2017,...
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Clinical trial finds vitamin D does not ward off colds and flu - GetSTEM
A QIMR Berghofer-led randomised controlled trial of vitamin D supplements has found they do not protect most people from developing colds, flus and other acute respiratory infections. The trial, which is the largest of its kind to study the relationship between vitamin D and respiratory infection to...
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Earth to reach temperature tipping point in 20-30 years - GetSTEM
Earth’s ability to absorb carbon emissions through plants could be halved within the next two decades at the current rate of warming, according to a new study from the University of Waikato and Northern Arizona University, USA. Published in Science Advances, the research suggests mitigating agains...
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That ‘instinctive gut feeling’ comes from your brain - GetSTEM
New research from The University of Queensland (UQ) illustrates, to a certain extent, why we can take someone at ‘face value’ and why we develop ‘gut feelings’ about a person within a split-second. Past research has shown that the amygdala — a small almond-shaped structure in the brain —...
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Diamonds are a cell’s best friend - GetSTEM
Scientists have used tiny diamonds, or nanodiamonds, to measure heat transfer inside living cells, potentially leading to new diagnostic tools and therapies for cancer. Associate Professor Taras Plakhotnik, from The University of Queensland’s School of Mathematics and Physics, in collaboration wit...
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Junk food linked to sleep problems in teens - Get Education
Eating too much junk food has been linked with poor sleep quality in teens, a University of Queensland-led study has found. UQ School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences researcher Associate Professor Asad Khan said frequent consumption of soft drinks and fast food was strongly associated with sle...
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Monday, January 18th, 2021 at 2:51am
That ‘instinctive gut feeling’ comes from your brain https://t.co/IMHqrWjHNw
That ‘instinctive gut feeling’ comes from your brain https://t.co/IMHqrWjHNw
Monday, January 18th, 2021 at 2:38am
Earth to reach temperature tipping point in 20-30 years https://t.co/LSoK2pvh9f
Earth to reach temperature tipping point in 20-30 years https://t.co/LSoK2pvh9f
Monday, January 18th, 2021 at 2:38am
Clinical trial finds vitamin D does not ward off colds and flu https://t.co/oCJA8RjB3G
Clinical trial finds vitamin D does not ward off colds and flu https://t.co/oCJA8RjB3G