Volume 9 Number 2 February 11 - March 10 2013
Modelling of crowd behaviours is a well-established field of research, but a new doctoral study in infrastructure engineering has investigated the behaviours of pilgrims to Mecca. By Katherine Smith.
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Volume 9 Number 1 January 14 - February 11 2013
ABC Radio’s Science Show presenter Robin Williams delivered an inspiring graduation address to Melbourne students recently, in which he argued for improved public conversation about science and innovation. Following is an edited extract of his address.
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Volume 9 Number 1 January 14 - February 11 2013
Have you ever noticed that every time you go to your favourite beach it looks a little different? Is the character of your coastal town changing because everyone wants a house with a view? Nerissa Hannink and Rebecca Scott investigate the natural and not so natural changes occurring along the Australian coastline and the effects on our oceans.
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Volume 8 Number 12 December 10 2012 - January 14 2013
Veterinarian Amanda Chin, a 1998 graduate of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, has combined her passion for animal welfare with an interest in the human-animal bond in a book teaching children how to play safely with their pets. By Lauren Hull with additional information from the book’s publisher, the American Animal Hospital Association.
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Volume 8 Number 11 November 12 - December 9 2012
Experts predict there are just 50 months left before we will be locked into runaway climate change, so researchers are examining the societal and political roadblocks to creating a world without carbon fuels. Nerissa Hannink reports.
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Volume 8 Number 10 October 8 - November 11 2012
Take a national government, three states or territories, a water system that impacts on a vast number of people and industries and what do you have? While it sounds like our own Murray-Darling Basin that sustains up to two million people, the answer is also: the Krishna River Basin in India that influences the lives of up to 90 million people.
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Volume 8 Number 10 October 8 - November 11 2012
Professor Doreen Thomas is the Head of Mechanical Engineering. The following is an edited extract of her presentation to the recent Melbourne Latin America Dialogue on the need for innovation in mining, together with Mathematics and Statistics’ Professor Hyam Rubinstein.
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Volume 8 Number 10 October 8 - November 11 2012
Covering 14 per cent of Australia’s landmass, the Murray-Darling Basin is by far our largest agricultural region, feeding the nation, and contributing a huge amount to export income. But the recent rains may be lulling us into a false sense of security that this is a basin of plenty. Amid predictions of a warmer, drier climate and political pressures of river management, Melbourne researchers are looking at how to ensure environmentally sustainable food and water. By Nerissa Hannink and Katherine Smith.
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