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Australian R&D measures up globally … but what does that really mean?
How well does Australia’s science, research and innovation system perform compared to other developed nations?
The Office of Australia’s Chief Scientist has just released a report addressing this question…
Avoiding a ‘hard landing’ off China means asking hard questions around productivity
In Perth last October, New York University’s Professor Nouriel Roubini issued a dire warning to the business forum of the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting that Australia faced the threat of a…
There’s more to successful revegetation than ‘getting trees in the ground’
The charcoal challenges: fire and climate dynamics
Government postpones aid target, but ramps up aid effectiveness
A guide to aid funding in the 2012 budget
The ‘impact’ of research carries weight (but ripples matter more)
A route to greater transparency and independence for the RBA
Aqua nullius: the upper Murrumbidgee River
Research
Making some noise for quantum computers
The main difficulty standing in the way of building quantum computers could soon be the thing that makes it possible to build…
Eye damage halted by infrared light
Damage caused by exposure to sunlight and bright artificial lights can be prevent by pre-treating eyes with a gentle infrared…
The keys to life on Earth-like planets
Earth-like planets that may be habitable to life are more abundant than stars.
By comparing habituated zones on earth with…
Rock defects put the brakes on earthquakes
Defects in rocks below the earth’s surface have a substantial effect on the transmission of seismic waves, including those…
Silence sounds like … random numbers
Researchers have developed the world’s fastest random number generator by ‘listening’ to the continuous quantum fluctuations…
Lego pirate navigates the new ‘super rogue wave’
No lack of crime against Chinese businesses
Injectable contraceptives increase cancer risk
Fate of the environment in our hands, not in our minds
Scientists map cancer hotspots
Tasmanian Devil genome shows tumour secrets
Power profiles cutting the energy use of high-tech
Energy efficiency and microprocessors
Asia-Pacific economies grow with China’s investment flow
Are wallabies more manly than men?
Dolomite discovery may solve 100 year mystery
A bad job could make you sick
Online therapy helps those with depression
Women more likely take chances when around other women
Natural way to fight infections
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Authors
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Andrew Macintosh
Associate Director of the ANU Centre for Climate Law and Policy
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Anthony McMichael
Professor & NHMRC Australia Fellow, National Centre for Epidemiology & Population Health
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Carole Comerton-Forde
Professor, School of Finance and Applied Statistics
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Frank Jotzo
Director, Centre for Climate Economics and Policy
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George Dracoulis
Professor, Department of Nuclear Physics
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John Hart
Reader in Political Science
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Kevin Boreham
Lecturer in International Law
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Matthew Gray
Senior lecturer: Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies
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Melanie Nolan
Director of the National Centre of Biography
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Richard Jones
Adjunct Professor, School of Computer Science and IT
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Rick Kuhn
Reader in Politics
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Rod Lamberts
Deputy Director, Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science
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Rosie Cooney
Visiting Fellow at Fenner School of Environment and Society
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Stephen Buckman
Professor; Research Director ARC Centre for Antimatter-Matter Studies
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Steve Vanderheiden
Professorial Fellow, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics