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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
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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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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
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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
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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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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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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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(Choosing to) live without money
Interview to Belegrinou Sofia: Independence from social norms, brimful love for nature and environment, peace and harmony; all these wrapped up with religious and cultural diversity. If living without
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Africa thrashes about digital TV migration
Africans’ smooth transition from the old analogue television broadcasting system to a modern digital system is said to be facing a ‘catch-22’ due to lack of both financial and
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Nigerians to access effective anti-malarial treatment
Nigerians are set to gain access to an effective combination treatment for malaria at an affordable cost. This follows successful negotiations between the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID)
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Intense Floods as Marine Stocks Falter in Zanzibar
Recent unusually heavy rain and depleting marine stocks in the idyllic spicy Island of Zanzibar is deeply affecting the local habitats here forcing government to constitute a technical team
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China to manufacture TB vaccine
Tuberculosis vaccines may become affordable and readily available to the developing world, as China’s expanding role as a vaccine manufacturer becomes visible in global health. According to World Health Organisation
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Egypt to assist Kenya in Water Conservation
Egypt on the other hand is wary of activities that could limit the volume of water flowing in the Nile river and hence is keen to promote water catchment conservation efforts in countries of the upper Nile.
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