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Volume 10 Number 2 February 10 - March 9 2014
An unlikely pairing of accountants and botanists from the University of Melbourne, the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne and the Institute of Chartered Accountants is expanding our knowledge on how plants and trees can help us in the battle against global warming. By Eoin Hahessy.
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Volume 10 Number 2 February 10 - March 9 2014
Andi Horvath checks in with the second year of the Telescopes in Schools program, to find it is sowing the seeds of curiosity about astrophysics among young observers of the night sky, their parents and teachers.
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Volume 9 Number 11 November 11 - December 9 2013
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Annie Rahilly, Andi Horvath and Camilla Orr-Thompson report on a range of science and technology awards and prizes won by Melbourne researchers recently.
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Volume 9 Number 11 November 11 - December 9 2013
For international students it can be hard living away from family and home, especially when political upheaval or civil unrest strikes. For two Ecuadorian students at the University of Melbourne, trouble at home became a motivating force for action in Australia. Clemmie Wetherall reports.
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Volume 9 Number 11 November 11 - December 9 2013
During the recent Festival of Ideas hosted by the University of Melbourne a distinguished panel of researchers working at the forefront of food security discussed the often controversial issue of genetic modification for food crops. Katherine Smith canvasses the views they shared with their audience.
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Volume 9 Number 10 October 14 - November 10 2013
Each year PhD candidates from Australian universities compete against their fellows in a competition to see who can best translate complex research ideas into three pithy minutes of communication. Liz Banks-Anderson catches up with this year’s winner, Sally Sherwen.
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