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Monthly Archives: July 2012

Vaccine could reduce risk from cats

Cairns molecular biologist Dr Rob Walker is working with an international research team to develop a vaccine to prevent cats from infecting humans with dangerous parasites.   The James Cook University scientist is focusing his research on Toxoplasma gondii, a ...

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University cleared of ‘soft-marking’

The University of Canberra has been cleared of any wrongdoing following an independent inquiry into allegations of “soft-marking” of international students. The inquiry, led by retired University of New England senior academic Professor Graham Webb, was set up to examine ...

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A picture worth a million words

Photographic technology is zooming ahead, with US researchers developing a camera with a resolution thousands of times greater than standard SLRs. Scientists at Duke University have built a prototype camera that can capture images with resolutions of up to 50 ...

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Trying to outsmart Google

Developers working on an advanced search engine want to employ public security cameras but there are concerns about privacy. University of Glasgow researchers are developing a new kind of web search engine to solve more complex queries. The computer scientists ...

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Scientists kick a robot goal

Could robots be the football champions of the future? Forget Rooney, Ronaldo and Pirlo, a new breed of champion “footballers” has arrived and, who knows, it could be just the thing for Australia’s A-league. Bolts, Nuts and Sparksy from Plymouth ...

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