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SAN FRANCISCO -- Guys who receive a shot that might or might not be growth hormone are more likely than women to believe it's the real thing, a new study finds. And men who got fake shots actually scored higher on a jumping test than they did in previous tests,...
Thin polymer film could render sutures in brain surgery obsolete
A thin polymer film that seals surgical wounds could make sutures a relic of medical history has been developed by scientists from Australia's University of New South Wales UNSW. Measuring just 50 [micro]m, the film is placed on a surgical wound and exposed to an infrared laser, which heats...
Laws lack checks: experts.
Byline: Connie Levett Jul 04, 2007 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) -- A legal expert, Professor Clive Walker, claims that Australia's anti-terrorism laws lack some of the crucial aspects of British laws. According to Professor Walker, many of the Australian laws...
Plastic nanopheres deliver drugs.(TECHNOLOGY UPDATE)
A researcher at the University of New South Wales, Australia, has developed plastic nanospheres that could be used to treat cancer by delivering anticancer drugs more effectively and safely. When anticancer drugs are injected into the blood, they are recognized as toxic foreign agents...
Renewed hope for renewables, but not business migrants.
Byline: Mathew Murphy Apr 01, 2007 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) -- On 2 April 2007, Mark Diesendorf of the University of New South Wales will release a report entitled "The Base Load Fallacy". The report claims that renewable energy sources could supply...
[431] The new CGT small business changes - good news, but still complex.
Byline: Terry Hayes Mar 26, 2007 (Weekly Tax Bulletin - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The new capital gains tax CGT concessions for small business were discussed at the 2007 Taxation Institute of Australia's National Convention. Chris Evans, of the University of New South...
Turning back rivers just a free ride for toads.
Byline: Wendy Frew Feb 19, 2007 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Queensland Government's proposal to redirect water hundreds of kilometres is being criticised on economic and ecological grounds. Australia's Minister for the Environment, Malcolm Turnbull, said on ...
Scientific gold in amber discovery on beaches.
Byline: Deborah Smith Dec 26, 2006 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Dale Wicks and partner Beth Norris have discovered Australia's first amber samples on the far north Queensland coast. A number of the samples contain insects, leaves, flowers, air...
Ageing warriors no match for bugs.
Byline: Brendan O'Keefe Nov 07, 2006 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Little is spent on entomological training in Australia despite the threat insects and invertebrates can pose to the economy, agricultural sector and public health. There is no university in Australia...
Sign of the times - age pensions that sort the needy from the greedy.
Byline: Adele Horin Oct 24, 2006 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) -- A researcher into poverty has suggested that Australia may have to introduce a system of variable age pensions. Director of the Social Policy Research Centre at the University...


