Innovation the force for prosperity: Booth
The resources boom has forced Australia to play global economic catch-up, the provost of the University of Technology, Sydney has said. Professor Peter Booth said the success and economic shortsightedness of the resources boom created an environment where Australia didn’t ...
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Labor, Greens pounce on findings of ‘rampant abuse’ in private VET
Labor and the Greens have both concluded that the findings of a Senate inquiry into the private VET sector reflect what they’ve been saying all along – that there are big problems that need to be fixed. The Senate inquiry into ...
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Viral inventors fan the flames of student creativity
The internet famous inventors behind the Wave Extinguisher are encouraging any university student with wild ideas to pursue, create and innovate. The Wave Extinguisher is a portable device that puts out fire with sound, invented by Seth Robertson and Viet ...
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Patients, doctors think antibiotic resistance is not their problem: study
Many members of the public are not taking responsibility for their contribution to antibiotic resistance, research from Bond University has found. The World Health Organization has called antibiotic resistance one of the biggest threats to global public health. Over-prescription and ...
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Researchers from the University of Sydney have taken one step forward in uncovering the mystery of the migraine. The underlying causes for migraines are unknown, although there are several theories. New research published in NMR in Biomedicine supports the theory ...
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