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Landmark ruling deems cancer gene patents invalid
A district court judge in the United States has ruled that patents should not have been awarded over the breast and ovarian cancer genes BRCA1 and 2. The decision raises serious concerns about whether patents should be awarded on human and other genes and proteins found in nature. It is the first time a court [...]
Sowing hope in hungry East Timor
There are two distinct seasons in East Timor – the wet season and the dry season. For many East Timorese, the time in between includes three to four months known as the hungry months, when last year’s supplies of rice and maize have run out and the new season’s crops have yet to yield. East [...]
Adelaide part of golden staph vaccine trial
Adelaide’s Women’s and Children’s Hospital is after volunteers for a trial of a vaccine aimed at preventing potentially-deadly golden staph infection. The bacteria live on the skin of about 30 per cent of the population and are usually harmless. But if they enter the bloodstream, it can lead to pneumonia and joint infections. Hospital patients [...]
Hypersonic plane passes latest test
The Federal Government says Australian and US defence scientists have successfully tested a hypersonic aircraft for the second time in South Australia’s outback. The aircraft soared through the atmosphere at more than 5,000 kilometres per hour after taking off from the Woomera Test Range. The experiment was first conducted in May last year and more [...]
Science to allow graziers to track stock
Scientists says real-time tracking devices should be commercially available within five years to let farmers know exactly where their herds are grazing. A research team from the University of New England has conducted a trial in western New South Wales using GPS cattle collars. It showed steers only used 10 to 20 per cent of [...]
Researchers study cane farm innovation
A north Queensland cane farm is leading the way in new and innovative farming practices. Researchers at a demonstration farm at Tully are looking at two different projects – an improved farming system and a conventional system. Demonstration Science project officer Mark Whitten says researchers are studying the differences in surface water run-off between the [...]
Forensics database set up in Perth
Researchers in Perth are building a database of skeletons to help identify bodies more quickly and accurately. The University of Western Australia has been given a $400,000 grant for the project, which involves mapping the shape and co-ordinates of bones. Assistant Professor Daniel Franklin has told WA’s Stateline program, police will then use the database [...]
US army set for “hopping rotochut” that hops to avoid rubble trouble
London, September 19 (ANI): The U.S. army’s fleet of robots will soon be enhanced with the addition of forthcoming reconnaissance craft called the ‘hopping rotochute’, which will be capable of travelling deep into obstacle-ridden spaces like caves and rubble-laden buildings to video what it finds. The self-righting probe is being developed for the Army Research [...]
HIV uses several routes to escape immune system pressure
Washington, September 19 (ANI): Researchers at the Emory Vaccine Center have shown that HIV relies upon a number of strategies rather than use any preferred escape route to escape immune system pressure. The human immune system has the ability to temporarily overpower HIV in early infection. Studies conducted in the recent past have shown that [...]
Pak inks 220-million-dollar satellite deal with China
Islamabad, Sep. 19 (ANI): Pakistan has signed an agreement with China to provide a 220-million-dollar financial grant to help the Islamic country launch a communication satellite. The operational life of Pakistan’s existing satellite PAKSAT-1 will be over in November 2011. Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Luo Zhaohui and Pakistan’s Economic Affairs Secretary Farrukh Qayyum signed the [...]
Young age at first drink can turn under-15s into alcoholics
Washington, Sept 19 (ANI): Drinking at young age may affect genes linked to alcoholism and make youngsters vulnerable to severe problems, says a new study. The study led by Dr Arpana Agrawal, from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, revealed that the younger an individual was at first drink, the greater the risk [...]
Will Sarabjeet be spared the gallows under Pak Govt.’s plans to commute death sentences?
Islamabad, Sep.17 (ANI): The Pakistan government is considering commuting death sentences, but such a step may not help the cause of Sarabjeet Singh, the Indian inmate who has been awarded a death sentence by a Lahore anti-terrorism court in October 1991. Interior Advisor Rehman Malik said the government has sent a draft to the law [...]
Researchers operate biomedical robots from different locations worldwide via Internet
Washington, September 18 (ANI): Experts from the University of Washington and SRI International have jointly developed a new software protocol, to standardize the way biomedical robots are managed over the Internet. Nine research teams from universities and research institutes around the world recently made a successful demonstration of biomedical robots operated from different locations in [...]