Environmental disasters and the RQF
07 March, 2007 by Janette Woodhouse, Editor
I have been wading through information about the Research Quality Framework (RQF). The RQF is "an Australian Government initiative to formulate a world's best practice framework for evaluating research quality and the impact of research
Researcher fights insects with venom
07 March, 2007
An Australian researcher has returned from the US to continue working on environmentally-friendly insect control methods based on spider venom compounds.
Australia awards cervical cancer vaccine developer
07 March, 2007
The University of Queensland (UQ) professor behind the world’s first cervical cancer vaccine received one of Australia’s most prestigious medical awards last night.
Research into clean electricity generation
02 March, 2007
Current research into a physical phenomenon discovered two centuries ago may hold the key to meeting future energy demands and reducing global warming.
Mice cloned from skin cells
15 February, 2007
Healthy and viable mice that survive until adulthood have been cloned from adult stem cells by scientists from Rockefeller University using cells called keratinocyte stem cells.
Human magnetic field exposure testing
07 February, 2007 | Supplied by: Power Parameters Pty Ltd
The Hioki Model 3470 Magnetic Field HiTester is designed to measure human exposure to magnetic flux in electromagnetic fields in accordance with IEC standards (IEC62233; EN50366) and International Commission on Non-Ionising Protection Commission (ICNIRP) guidelines.
Keeping clean may not always be wise
07 February, 2007 by Janette Woodhouse
No-one in my house suffers from asthma, which is really rather lucky. However, I have long been concerned that all the research that establishes over-clean houses as a potential trigger for the disease actually shows up my limitations as a housekeeper
Web-based genomics computational resource facilitates research
06 February, 2007
Researchers from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati (UC) Academic Health Center at the Computational Medicine Center have established a gene information resource designed to aid biomedical researchers in more effectively identifying small alterations in the human genome that are associated with individuals' susceptibility to disease.
Model language helps clinical researchers
25 January, 2007
Experts at Johns Hopkins University, Duke Universit and Wake Forest University have published new language designed to help clinical researchers better disclose their financial interests in research.
A new class of polymers
12 January, 2007 by Tracey Bryant
For years, polymer chemistry textbooks have stated that 1,2-disubstituted ethylenes could not be transformed into polymers. However, University of Delaware (UD) polymer chemists were determined to prove the textbooks wrong
Research into procrastination shows surprising findings
11 January, 2007
A University of Calgary professor in the Haskayne School of Business has recently published his magnum opus on the subject of procrastination – and it''s only taken him 10 years.
Nutrition studies' conclusions tied to funding source
10 January, 2007
A systematic analysis of the medical literature shows that nutrition studies'' conclusions correlate with who funds them – much like the bias found for pharmaceutical studies, but with potentially greater public health implications.
Non-exclusive worldwide licence to use ddRNAi in research programs granted
08 January, 2007
Sigma-Aldrich, a life science and high technology company, has announced that it has granted Pfizer a worldwide non-exclusive research licence to use DNA-directed RNAi (ddRNAi) technology.
Agreement for non-contact heart sensor
08 January, 2007
CSIRO has announced the signing of a licensing agreement with Melbourne-based bio-technology medical device company, HD Medical Group Limited, for commercial application of its non-contact sensor technology.
First prion-free cows reported
08 January, 2007
Hematech and Kirin Brewery Company have announced the production of healthy prion protein-knockout cows.
