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El Niño with a difference

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 24 September 200925 September 2009

El Niño ‘Modoki’ – a new kind of El Niño will increase with global warming Research published today in Nature […]

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TVNZ/NZPA: Australia shifts to compulsory folic acid in bread

In the News  |  Published: 11 September 200911 September 2009

The NZPA reports that folic acid fortification of bread in Australia becomes compulsory this week.  The subject provoked a public […]

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AusSMC: Experts on first results of swine flu vaccine trial

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 11 September 200917 September 2009

From the AusSMC: Preliminary results from the first study of CSL’s pandemic H1N1 vaccine show an immune response in adults […]

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Dominion Post: Stretching international boundaries

In the News  |  Published: 21 August 200924 August 2009

An opinion piece by science writer Marilyn Head, looking at the joint Australian-New Zealand bid for the Square Kilometre Array […]

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AusSMC: Discovery of first large Australian dinosaurs in 28 years

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 03 July 200905 July 2009

New research published in PLoS ONE today (Fri 3 July) describes the remains of three new species of dinosaur: two […]

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Australian budget a boon for innovation – scientists

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 14 May 2009

The Australian budget for 2009-2010 has served up around A$3 billion for innovation schemes and boosting science infrastructure in a […]

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Experts respond: Australia’s draft carbon reduction legislation

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 11 March 2009

The Australian Science Media Centre rounded up comment from scientists on the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme exposure draft legislation released […]

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