Archive for 2012
Stomach contents unlock secret to tuna lifestyle
The smell in Dr Valerie Allain’s laboratory can get quite strong at times, especially when she and her two assistants are defrosting another batch of tuna stomachs. Two thousand frozen
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The CAT scan search for the perfect lamb chop
Australians love their lamb, but health-conscious meat-eaters are looking to leaner lamb chops for the dining table. Now farmers have a new tool to help them choose sheep most likely
Continue Reading→Nano solution to sick building syndrome
‘Sick building syndrome’ causes persistent illness in office workers and costs the Australian economy an estimated $12 billion a year, but nanotechnology may have an answer. Sick buildings are created
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Leaky rusty water pipes pose million-dollar problem for water authorities
Australia’s water mains are getting older, and bursting or leaking water pipes are costing business and local residents millions of dollars, but many of these dollars could be saved
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Rocky road for faster trains
Anyone who has travelled on trains in Europe or Japan rocketing along in silence and comfort wonders why Australian train continue to trundle at 1940s speeds. It’s not the train
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Australia lagging way behind other OECD countries in innovation
Australia’s innovation performance compared to other OECD countries is “appalling”, according to Professor Robin Batterham, Kernot Professor at the University of Melbourne and former Australian Chief Scientist. Professor Batterham, a
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Beyond genetics: How epigenetics shapes our fate
From the early days of Mendel and his peas, through 200 years of discovery leading to the Human Genome Project, genetics has changed the landscape of science, medicine and
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Fund Australia’s needs, not just students’ choices: Chief Scientist
Professor Ian Chubb to address what Australia needs, along with discussion on what students and industry want.
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Mobile phones transforming HIV testing in Africa
Mobile phones are transforming the way HIV test results are being transmitted to AIDS patients in Africa, a study has shown. AIDS is one of the biggest diseases affecting the
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Radical changes needed to quench the world’s thirst
Korea pushes research and development for global water market
Continue Reading→Africa should control its Research Agenda
By Violet Mengo (Zambia) SCIENCE experts and delegates attending the first Africa Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation in Nairobi, Kenya 1st to 3rd April 2012, are looking for African
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Regional early warning system for food security
A regional early warning system built on a forecast model for food prices is being tried out to alleviate food insecurity in the eastern Africa region. Food shortages are projected
Continue Reading→Grains institute to boost agribusiness
The Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC) is set to launch the first Grain Institute in the agribusiness sector for the region known as the Eastern Africa Grain Institute (EAGI). Ultimately,
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Uganda adopts tuberculosis community-based care
Gadi Eddy, 26, from Kitgum district, was the first person to be diagnosed with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Uganda in 2008. “I began treatment immediately but after some time we
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Please stand up: prolonged sitting could kill
In both our work and our home life, we are all sitting more these days. On our way to work and back again we sit in our cars. Our
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Why animal research is still necessary
Theodore Roosevelt once said that ‘common sense without conscience may lead to crime, but conscience without common sense may lead to folly, which is the handmaiden of crime.’ I thought
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Cassava a climate change staple—’Rambo of the food crops’
Cassava, a traditional food security staple, could be the best bet for farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa to beat climate change, according to a new study by a team of
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Drug development for neuropsychiatric disorders—the current scenario
According to Dr.Kenneth I. Kaitin of Tufts Center for the study of the Drug Development: “Drugs to treat neuropsychiatric disorders have become too risky for big pharmaceutical companies”. They come
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New vaccine trials to prevent visceral leishmaniasis
The first ever vaccine to prevent visceral leishmaniasis (VL)—the second-largest parasitic killer in the world after malaria—is entering dual clinical trials in the US and India. Sudan is the second-most
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Ethics minister in Uganda on why he stopped a gay meeting
Reverend Father Simon Lokodo is the State minister for Ethics and Integrity in the Uganda cabinet. He is also the elected Member of Parliament representing Dodoth County, Kaabong district.
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