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Superbug Research Breakthrough

22 January 202122 January 2021 Press

A major risk of being hospitalised is catching a bacterial infection. Hospitals – especially areas including intensive care units and surgical wards – are teeming with bacteria, some of which are resistant to antibiotics – they are infamously known as

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Monash Mental Health NSW aka In the News 

Nomophobia – aka No Phone Phobia

4 January 2021 Press

Nomophobia: Australians fear being without a phone. Australians are addicted to their mobile phones and their inability to disconnect could be endangering their health, a Monash University study shows. The Australia-first study, measuring nomophobia (no mobile phone phobia) and its

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Monash Medical & Physiology 

Research Closes in on Visual Noise

9 November 20209 November 2020 Press

Behavioural clue may pave the way for new treatment of the rare eye disorder Visual Snow Syndrome. Sufferers of a rare vision disorder, that causes them to see the world through a veil of dots, appear to process visual stimuli

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Newy’s New Annual Arts Festival
Newcastle Event & Venue 

Newy’s New Annual Arts Festival

8 February 2021 Press

Arts Festival makes Newcastle the place to visit this month. An intimate art gallery performance by a renowned Australian musician, an augmented reality experience celebrating indigenous culture, and a discussion on women in leadership with Australia’s first female Prime Minister,

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Renewal of Gas Exploration Permits off Newcastle
Energy & Renewables NSW aka In the News Opinion 

Renewal of Gas Exploration Permits off Newcastle

12 February 202112 February 2021 Press

Gas companies making plans to drill offshore from Newcastle. Opponents fear the PEP 11 gas exploration permit off the coasts of Sydney and Newcastle will be renewed today by Federal Resources Minister Keith Pitt. The joint venture companies currently holding

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La Niña Wanes and Yet It Rains
Weather 

La Niña Wanes and Yet It Rains

5 March 2021 Press

La Niña weakens, but influence likely to continue into autumn. The 2020–21 La Niña has passed its peak and is now weakening. Climate model outlooks indicate the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) will return to neutral (neither La Niña nor El

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Shipping Cartel Fined
Port & Shipping 

Shipping Cartel Fined

6 February 20216 February 2021 Press

Shipping cartel fines now total $83.5 million after WWO conviction. Norwegian-based global shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean AS (WWO) has been convicted of criminal cartel conduct and ordered by the Federal Court to pay a fine of $24 million, in

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Sustainability and Investors Drive Beef
Agriculture 

Sustainability and Investors Drive Beef

5 March 2021 Press

New investment and sustainability awareness drive beef industry innovation. An injection of new investor interest in the livestock sector coupled with increasing awareness of the need to improve sustainability is driving innovation in the global beef industry. In its recently-released

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Pioneeer Solar Energy Researcher Honoured
Physics & Energy 

Pioneeer Solar Energy Researcher Honoured

31 January 2021 Press

Australian father of photovoltaics awarded prestigious 2021 Japan Prize. By Stefanie Menezes UNSW Sydney solar expert Martin Green has been honoured with the Japan Prize for transforming the photovoltaics industry. Professor Martin Green. Photo ~ University of NSW. Professor Martin

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Give Back Our Data
Internet 

Give Back Our Data

8 February 2021 Press

Tim Berners-Lee’s plan to save the internet: give us back control of our data. By Pieter Verdegem Senior Lecturer, School of Media and Communication, University of Westminster Releasing his creation for free 30 years ago, the inventor of the world wide

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Not a mirage, Actually a Mirage
Upper Hunter Heritage & Historical 

Not a mirage, Actually a Mirage

5 February 20215 February 2021 Press

Two jet fighter planes – a Macchi and a Mirage – are making their home at Scone Regional Airport. Restored by volunteers. they will become part of the Warbird Visitor Attraction. The Mirage A3-44 will travel by road from the

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