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Improving Vietnamese beef farming
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Tasmanian researchers hope to transform the way Vietnamese farmers raise their cattle, and dramatically improve their standard of living in the process.
Topics: beef-cattle, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, research-organisations, burnie-7320, vietnam
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Dr Lydia Turner is helping Vietnamese farmers improve beef productivity image
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Topics: beef-cattle, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, research-organisations, burnie-7320, vietnam
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Vietnamese 'farms' are similar to Australian backyards, very different to beef farms image
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Topics: beef-cattle, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, research-organisations, burnie-7320, vietnam
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Hunt on for ancient DNA in Antarctica (photos)
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Australian-based scientists are punching holes in Antarctica's sea floor to measure the impact of climate change on one of the world's most important oxygen producers.
Topics: climate-change, earth-sciences, marine-biology, biology, research, research-organisations, antarctica
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Human-pig embryo brings scientists a step closer to growing organs inside animals
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It may be possible one day to grow human organs inside other animals for use in transplants, with scientists hailing the successful creation of the first human-pig hybrid embryo.
Topics: science-and-technology, animal-science, breakthroughs, medical-research, health, research, research-organisations, united-states, australia, spain
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Project Manta researchers find 800 manta rays living near Coral Bay
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A team of researchers is learning more about the behaviours of reef, or coastal, manta rays (Manta alfredi) at Ningaloo Reef on Western Australia's north-west coast.
Topics: conservation, environment, animal-science, science-and-technology, university-and-further-education, research-organisations, research, animals, human-interest, photography, coral-bay-6701, ningaloo-6701, wa, murdoch-university-6150, university-of-queensland-4072, cocos-keeling-islands
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Researching vegetation in far west New South Wales image Feature
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Topics: environmental-management, research-organisations, rural, broken-hill-2880, adelaide-5000
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Jetting off for environmental research image Feature
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Topics: research-organisations, environmental-impact, rural, air-transport, broken-hill-2880, adelaide-5000
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Research ship on lap of Antarctica makes Hobart pit stop
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More than 50 scientists from around the world arrive in Hobart after completing the first leg of a three-month voyage around Antarctica.
Topics: research, research-organisations, science-and-technology, marine-biology, hobart-7000
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Sea turtles use sunrise to set their internal compass, researchers say
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Sea turtles have a remarkable ability to find their way home, and new research from James Cook University has partly revealed their secret.
Topics: environment, environmental-impact, environmental-policy, environment-education, environmental-health, science-and-technology, research, research-organisations, townsville-4810, james-cook-university-townsville-4811, gladstone-4680, qld
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Silkworms could hold key to preventing age-related blindness
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Silkworm cocoons may hold the key to preventing millions of people from going blind around the world, with researchers using the silk casings to make implants for those with Age-related Macular Degeneration.
Topics: eyes, animals, research, medical-research, research-organisations, brisbane-4000, qld
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Sheep at Aleppo ICARDA research pre-war image
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Topics: research-organisations, sheep-production, agricultural-crops, sydney-2000
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ICARDA before the war image
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Syrian agriculture destroyed tractors image
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ICARDA in Aleppo destroyed laboratories image
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Sheep sheds ruined war in Syria image
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Antarctic scientists search for warm water melting glacier
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A team of Australian scientists heads to Antarctica to search for the source of a warm water flow that is rapidly melting one of the world's largest glaciers, sparking concerns about sea levels.
Topics: climate-change, marine-biology, research-organisations, earth-sciences, science, antarctica, hobart-7000, australia
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Hands-free phone chats in car 'as dangerous as hand-held mobiles'
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A hands-free phone conversation while driving is just as dangerous as one using a hand-held phone, with both drivers taking a second longer to react, a Queensland study finds.
Topics: research, research-organisations, science-and-technology, disasters-and-accidents, information-and-communication, mobile-phones, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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Proposal to increase Pacific migration to Australia touted as economic boon for the region Audio
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Research by the Lowy Institute in Sydney says allowing more Pacific islanders to work in Australia would be the best way to contribute to prosperity in the region.
Topics: research, research-organisations, business-economics-and-finance, pacific
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Dr David Henry and Caroline Lee from the CSIRO image
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Topics: beef-cattle, research-organisations, sydney-2000
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Large Hadron Collider exhibition set to make a big bang
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A behind-the-scenes look at the world's greatest science experiment is set to leave museum visitors in awe.
Topics: science-and-technology, physics, research-organisations, research, library-museum-and-gallery, brisbane-4000
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Researchers prove additives can reduce methane emissions from cattle and add weight gain
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Promising research into cattle rumen shows a reduction in methane emissions and increased weight gain.
Topics: cattle-feedlots, beef-cattle, research, research-organisations, climate-change, sydney-2000, townsville-4810
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Sexual harassment and bullying covered up at CSIRO, say astronomers
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Senior astronomers accuse CSIRO of failing to address a culture of bullying and sexual harassment in its astronomy department.
Topics: science-and-technology, astronomy-space, research-organisations, canberra-2600, act, australia
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40 years of providing science with some of the cleanest air on earth
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Cape Grim baseline air pollution station has been sampling air straight from the Southern Ocean for the past 40 years.
Topics: climate-change, research, research-organisations, earth-sciences, weather, woolnorth-7330
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The Aswhin family image
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Topics: aboriginal, suicide, federal-government, medical-research, research-organisations, leonora-6438
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