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State of the Climate 2012
By Rob Vertessy and Megan Clark
The Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO have released an updated summary of Australia’s long term climate trends.
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Next generation of pharmaceuticals might make good use of shark antibody proteins
By La Trobe University
International collaboration evaluates new antibody technology
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Desalination: Priorities for research in the Pacific
By Colin A. Scholes
‘Desal’ technology has been in place on Pacific atoll nations since as early as the 1980s, so why did recent droughts invoke a state of emergency? Current reverse osmosis desalination research focuses on the needs of the industrial world, which are far removed from the challenges faced in developing tropical nations.
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Inventing life: patent law and synthetic biology
By Alison McLennan & Matthew Rimmer
The field of synthetic biology poses a number of challenges for patent law.
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Innovation in China: The best and worst of times
By Cong Cao
Research misconduct is "serious and widespread" among Chinese scientists.
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Research in Practice
By Barry Leviny
What does a scientist do day-to-day? Barry Leviny talks to a biomedical researcher to find out.
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Censoring influenza research: gagging scientists could put lives at risk
By Ross Barnard
Tying the arms of our scientists behind their backs will put lives at stake and set a dangerous precedent.
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Protecting Top-Priority Habitats Can Also Ease Poverty
By Conservation International
First global estimation of biodiversity benefits from habitats to humans finds flows valued at $1 trillion per year to poor communities.
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Social Media Tracks Disease Epidemic More Effectively
By American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
New Study on Cholera in Haiti Demonstrates for First Time Tweets, Blogs and News Feeds Can Track a Disease Epidemic in Disaster Setting More Rapidly than Traditional Methods
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Science advice and policy making
By Robert M. May
Lord May examines the challenges facing tomorrow’s world: anthropogenic climate change; feeding more people; and designing a financial system that allocates capital in a responsible and effective way.
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