Heart disorder hits national epidemic proportions
A growing epidemic of the world’s most common heart rhythm disorder is resulting in an alarming number of hospital admissions in Australia, according to cardiology researchers.
A research team led by Professor Prash Sanders, from the University of Adelaide and the Cardiovascular Research Centre at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, found that hospital ... 30-Aug-2010
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Qld property holds its ground
Two years on from the beginning of the Global Financial Crisis, Queensland’s residential property market has ridden the wave of economic uncertainty and come out the other side with prices now back at pre-crisis levels.
However, the Real Estate Institute of Queensland’s (REIQ) June quarter median house report shows continued tough market ... 29-Aug-2010
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GPs can help close the gap: report
Better identification of Indigenous patients in general practices would improve their access to Medicare benefits such as health checks that could help ‘Close the Gap’, yet many GPs don’t consider ethnicity to be relevant to quality of care, according to a study from The Australian National University. The study, commissioned by the Australian ... 27-Aug-2010
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How corals fight back
Australian researchers are a step closer to understanding the rapid decline of our coral reefs, thanks to a breakthrough study linking coral immunity with its susceptibility to bleaching and disease. The discovery was made by Caroline Palmer, Bette Willis and John Bythell, scientists from the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for ... 17-Aug-2010
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World’s most needy miss out on development aid argues Deakin academic
Australians are generous with their overseas aid but Deakin University’s Chair in International Development, Professor Mark McGillivray, has challenged the basis on which billions of dollars in development aid is allocated by the World Bank and other international aid agencies.Professor McGillivray, who is based at the University’s Alfred Deakin ... 13-Aug-2010
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Family Business Owners Shelve Retirement Plans
The “baby boomer” owners of Australia’s two million family business operations are shelving retirement plans and aren’t going anywhere! The exit strategy for many of the ageing owners of the $1.5 trillion worth of family-owned businesses is in disarray as available cash for buy-outs evaporates.
While retirement is on hold, succession planning and ... 12-Aug-2010
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Spotlight on new technology for monitoring livestock
Spotlight on new technology for monitoring livestock
A trans-Tasman symposium at the University of New England last Thursday reviewed the current applications and future potential of new communications and remote sensing technology in helping graziers manage their livestock.
Dr Mark Trotter, the organiser of the symposium – the 1st Australian ... 21-Jul-2010
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$31 million biotech centre to benefit crops, food, energy
Australia's crop and food industries will benefit from a new $31 million biotechnology Centre of Excellence to be headquartered at the University of Adelaide's Waite Campus.
The University has today been awarded $19.25 million in federal funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC), with an additional $12 million of support from partner ... 16-Jul-2010
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Campaign draws community attention to human trafficking
A campaign to focus community attention on human trafficking and slavery is being launched by the University of Technology Sydney’s Anti-Slavery Project this week.
According to organisers, many people in Australia know about some forms of human trafficking, but greater awareness is needed of the many forms that human trafficking and enslavement ... 16-Jul-2010
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Physics unlocks 2700 year-old mummy's secrets
The perennial fascination of ancient Egyptian mummies is being used by Queensland University of Technology researcher Dr Stephen Hughes to teach children about the application of physics to the field of archaeology.
Dr Hughes has produced an education kit for teachers about his experience of "unwrapping" the secrets of a mummy of a young woman ... 15-Jul-2010
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Resilience helps disadvantaged schools achieve success
With individual school performance in the spotlight, Deakin University researchers want to know how students in socially disadvantaged schools develop the resilience they need to deal with challenging circumstances and achieve success.
“We know that social disadvantage due to poverty, poor health, unemployment, and educational underachievement is ... 01-Jul-2010
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War correspondents on verge of extinction
The traditional war correspondent will be replaced either by local ex-military reporters, or by citizen journalists who can survive in increasingly dangerous war zones, according to a researcher at The Australian National University.
In his forthcoming paper Reporting War, Waging Peace: The Impact of New Media Technologies, former BBC and ABC TV ... 28-Jun-2010
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