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University of Adelaide

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Name: University of Adelaide
First Reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 Documents

FOUR MALAYSIAN STUDENTS EXCEL IN ADELAIDE

MELBOURNE, March 21 (Bernama) -- Four Malaysian students who did exceptionally well in their foundation studies course at Bradford College, Adelaide, have been awarded membership to the college's prestigious Gold Club.They are Sophia Mah of Sarawak, Mohamad ... [Published 8 hours ago by Yahoo! Malaysia]
First Reported Mar 17 2010 - Updated Mar 17 2010 - 1 Documents

ATRAD wins $8.6m radar contract

SA atmospheric radar maker ATRAD has trumped international majors to win an $8.6 million national contract from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology.The contract is for the installation of nine wind profiling radars over the next three years, with the ... [Published Mar 17 2010 by Adelaide Now]
First Reported Mar 17 2010 - Updated Mar 17 2010 - 2 Documents

Award-winning Malaysian scientist honoured again

MELBOURNE, March 17 — When award-winning Malaysian researcher Dr Eng Hooi Sian steps on to the podium in Singapore this Saturday to receive her PhD in Medicine from the University of Adelaide, it will be another step forward in an impressive career.The ... [Published Mar 17 2010 by Malaysian Insider]
First Reported Mar 16 2010 - Updated Mar 16 2010 - 1 Documents

Plugging the GAP

A PROGRAM designed to retain promising geoscientists in South Australia has placed 12 graduates and unemployed geologists since October last year.The first to be posted to a working mine is University of Adelaide graduate Matthew Boxall, who has been ... [Published Mar 16 2010 by Adelaide Now]
First Reported Mar 15 2010 - Updated Mar 15 2010 - 1 Documents

The INTI edge in engineering

KUCHING: In a world without engineers, the majestic Petronas Twin Towers, the popular models of Perodua and the life-saving Smart Tunnel would not be in existence.As builders of highways, mega structures, motor vehicles and practically every other kind ... [Published Mar 15 2010 by Borneo Post Online]
First Reported Mar 15 2010 - Updated Mar 15 2010 - 1 Documents

Vanguard appoints MD

Vanguard Investments Australia has appointed US-based Vanguard executive John James as managing director, effective 1 May.James, 42, is an Australian who has worked as an executive at Vanguard's US headquarters in Pennsylvania since 2008. scrollInitialise('area_scroll_ad_ticker_2',25,' ... [Published Mar 15 2010 by Financial Standard]
First Reported Mar 10 2010 - Updated Mar 10 2010 - 1 Documents

Emissions figures don't stack up: professor

From: The AustralianTHE Rudd government ramped up the environmental benefits of its botched $2.45 billion home insulation scheme by grossly overstating the cuts in greenhouse gas emissions that could be achieved by households, expert independent analysis ... [Published Mar 10 2010 by The Australian]
First Reported Mar 10 2010 - Updated Mar 10 2010 - 1 Documents

Can we cure cancer?

Australian researchers at CSIRO, Flinders University and Australian healthcare company Clinical Genomics have developed a gene expression biomarker, which can differentiate pre-cancerous and cancerous growths from normal ones, and could lead to a new ... [Published Mar 10 2010 by Nine MSN]
First Reported Mar 09 2010 - Updated Mar 09 2010 - 2 Documents

Falling numbers: Maths, science looming as crisis

THE number of students studying maths and science is falling to dangerous levels, prompting warnings of a critical shortage in skilled workers, particularly in South Australia.The Group of Eight Review, carried out by eight of the nation's leading universities, ... [Published Mar 09 2010 by Adelaide Now]
First Reported Mar 09 2010 - Updated Mar 09 2010 - 1 Documents

Fat is 'Sixth Taste,' Say Australian Researchers

General Health NewsFont SizePrint CommentsIn addition to the five tastes already identified, there may be another one, the taste for fatty foods like cakes and chocolate chips."We know that the human tongue can detect five tastes -- sweet, salty, sour, ... [Published Mar 09 2010 by MedIndia]
First Reported Mar 09 2010 - Updated Mar 09 2010 - 1 Documents

EducationNow Election Blog

Lauren NovakAsk Political Reporter Lauren Novak about politics in Adelaide and covering the election in 2010.Lauren began a three-year cadetship with The Advertiser in 2005, after completing Year 12 at Adelaide High School, and is studying a Bachelor ... [Published Mar 09 2010 by Adelaide Now]
First Reported Mar 07 2010 - Updated Mar 08 2010 - 2 Documents

Skinny people taste fat better

16 Science - Health According to a study by Australia and New Zealand researchers, the better a person is able to taste fat, the more likely they were to consume less fat in their diets and, thus, to stay slim and trim. The study was performed by researchers ... [Published Mar 07 2010 by ITWire]

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Robert Hill, GCI BoardBoard member and Adjunct Professor in Sustainability, United States Studies Centre, The University of Sydney, said : "Sustainability is a huge challenge that will require the development of new tools and new policies. It's great to see providing a lead." More information: : www.gci.uq.edu.au MEDIA BACKGROUNDER
"To achieve these high standards, class numbers are small so that lecturers interact closely with the students."
...Australian cities must radically transform to cope with the pressures of population growth and climate change or face social unrest and urban decay. "If we don't get this right... all hell breaks loose, or our cities break down; there's not enough water, there's not enough power;" said one of Australia's leading demographers, Bernard Salt

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FOUR MALAYSIAN STUDENTS EXCEL IN ADELAIDE [Yahoo! Malaysia - 8 hours ago]
Australian cities need radical changes [Business Report - 13 hours ago]
Industry experience key to new ag degree [Stock Journal - 19 hours ago]
Right formula to reward life of academic service [The University Of Queensland - Mar 19 2010]
Older but no wiser [Business Spectator - Mar 19 2010]
Random element: Youth vote neglected by both pa... [Adelaide Now - Mar 17 2010]
ATRAD wins $8.6m radar contract [Adelaide Now - Mar 17 2010]
Award-winning Malaysian scientist honoured again [Malaysian Insider - Mar 17 2010]
Malaysian scientist offers hope for kidney pati... [New Straits Times - Mar 17 2010]
Gillard bid to restrict union entry [Australian IT - Mar 16 2010]
Architects unveil visions of Australia’s future [Taipei Times Online - Mar 16 2010]
Dingo claims the first welcome [The Australian - Mar 16 2010]
Plugging the GAP [Adelaide Now - Mar 16 2010]
Competition Expert Danielle Wood Joins NERA as ... [Street Insider - Mar 15 2010]
South Australian mining industry rallies to hel... [Mineweb - Mar 15 2010]
The INTI edge in engineering [Borneo Post Online - Mar 15 2010]
Vanguard appoints MD [Financial Standard - Mar 15 2010]
Australian cities must transform for population... [Sharenet - Mar 15 2010]
Addressing rapid change [The University Of Queensland - Mar 14 2010]
Speedy journey to space [The University Of Queensland - Mar 14 2010]
Fiji: Pacific officials attend workshop on trad... [Islands Business - Mar 14 2010]
UQ launches Global Change Institute to address ... [The University Of Queensland - Mar 14 2010]
Barley grass a growing concern [Stock Journal - Mar 13 2010]
Aussies Scientists Discover Key To Obesity [Visit Bulgaria - Mar 13 2010]
Scientists identify fat as a new taste sensation [Wired.co.uk - Mar 12 2010]
Flood of promises to secure water [Independent Weekly - Mar 12 2010]
Menindee gears for water surge [The Australian - Mar 12 2010]
No stone will be left unturned in the hunt for ... [The Australian - Mar 11 2010]
CSIRO counts on mathematics in future [ITWire - Mar 11 2010]
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Scientists support progress on GM canola in WA [GMO Pundit a.k.a. David Tribe - Mar 05 2010]
Friday 5 March 2010MEDIA RELEASEJOINT STATEMENT: Scientists support progress on GM canola in WAInfluential agricultural science specialists from across Australia ...
Sun Drying Apricots [SBS Blogs - Feb 16 2010]
Hot weather is good for some things.I love apricots, their soft downy skin, their pretty pink speckles near the stalk, their wonderful shape and the way they sit ...
Give it up for the Brand Nue Dae band [SBS Blogs - Jan 14 2010]
Meet the musicians behind the lively soundtrack to Bran Nue Dae.  Deadly Award winning musicians, Jessica Mauboy and Dan Sultan perform with Ernie Dingo, Missy ...
Robert Kaplan’s Savage Orientalism: A... [groundviews - Jan 05 2010]
[Authors note: The original version of this article was drafted in September 2009. There was no response from Atlantic Monthly when I sent it to them. Nor did it ...
George Monbiot Debates Climate Skeptic Author I... [Treehugger - Dec 16 2009]
Photo: ABC TV George Monbiot has graced our pixels many time before (see links below). The journalist with Britain's Guardian newspaper believes we need to ...
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