http://www.sciencehub.com.au Making science matter again Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:54:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The first Australian-born woman to win a Nobel Prize will deliver a public lecture on her ground-breaking science at the University on March 12. Professor Blackburn won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2009. She pioneered the study of telomeres (caps that protect chromosomes in cells), and co-discovered telomerase (an enzyme ... http://www.sciencehub.com.au/12-mar-10-public-lecture-sydney-nobel-prize-winner-to-deliver-public-lecture/ Worldwide, malnutrition affects one in three people (WHO, 2000). Protein-energy malnutrition, for example, plays a major role in half of all under-five deaths each year in developing countries (WHO 2000). Chronic food deficits affect about 792 million people in the world (FAO 2000), and this has been worsening as the ... http://www.sciencehub.com.au/18-may-10-public-lecture-sydney-malnutrition/ Between 14 and 17 million people die each year due to infectious diseases - nearly all live in developing countries. Infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS and lower respiratory infections, cause more than 40% of all deaths in low-income countries and about 25% of deaths globally. Among children under 5 years of ... http://www.sciencehub.com.au/11-may-10-public-lecture-sydney-tropical-infectious-diseases/ A 2009 report published in the Lancet addresses climate change as 'the biggest global health threat of the 20th century'. This issue is already having serious impacts in many developing countries, and the situation is expected to rapidly deteriorate over the next few years. With rising global temperatures, current efforts ... http://www.sciencehub.com.au/04-may-10-public-lecture-sydney-climate-change-and-health/ Electricity providers and governments need to do more to change how people think if more people are to take up green electricity, according to a new study. Read the full article at the University of Melbourne: [11 Mar 10] Creating a climate for change: green behaviour important in changing green attitudes http://www.sciencehub.com.au/11-mar-10-creating-a-climate-for-change-green-behaviour-important-in-changing-green-attitudes/ With climate change scepticism gaining traction in countries such as Australia, the UK and the US, one expert will explore some of the reasons behind developing cynicism at a public lecture at The Australian National University tonight. CEO of Greenpeace Australia Pacific Dr Linda Selvey will argue that the economic and political ... http://www.sciencehub.com.au/11-mar-10-smoke-and-mirrors-the-tactics-of-denial/ The University of Sydney will lead a new project to improve existing methods of detecting a fish disease which is causing substantial setbacks to the barramundi industry. Thanks to a quantum leap in DNA-detection technology in 2009, a new test is available for the nervous necrosis virus—a serious disease affecting more ... http://www.sciencehub.com.au/11-mar-10-breakthrough-to-tackle-disease-threatening-australias-barramundi-industry/ A visionary philanthropist will donate $15 million to a new University of Queensland institute that will target solutions for problems linked to global-scale change. Her Excellency Dr Penelope Wensley AO, Governor of Queensland, announced the donation by Graeme Wood, a founder of Wotif.com, when she launched the Global Change Institute (GCI) ... http://www.sciencehub.com.au/10-mar-10-philanthropist%e2%80%99s-15m-uq-gift-has-global-impact/ A major new international research institute that will address the problems of a rapidly changing world and develop innovative solutions was launched in Brisbane tonight. Her Excellency Dr Penelope Wensley AO, Governor of Queensland, launched The University of Queensland’s Global Change Institute (GCI) while delivering the inaugural UQ ... http://www.sciencehub.com.au/10-mar-10-uq-launches-global-change-institute-to-address-rapid-change/ Four leading academics and alumnae of the University of Melbourne have been recognised for their extraordinary achievements with inclusion on the Victorian Honour Roll of Women.  The Honour Roll celebrates and publicly recognises the achievements of remarkable women across Victoria. Professor Rachel Webster of the School of Physics, former Chancellor Ms ... http://www.sciencehub.com.au/10-mar-10-leading-university-of-melbourne-academics-recognised-in-2010-victorian-honour-roll-of-women/