Monthly Archives: November 2010

Of brains, biceps and baloney

By Cadence | Published: November 3, 2010
From BraveNewClimate “Guest Post by Geoff Russell. Geoff is a mathematician and computer programmer and is a member of Animal Liberation SA. His recently published book is CSIRO Perfidy. NASA climate scientist James Hansen’s recent book Storms of my Grandchildren makes accessible the evidence behind the judgement of many climate scientists that we need to [...]
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Melanie Reddaway – Wine as a social bond

By Cadence | Published: November 3, 2010
From Wine 2030 “Listen to a podcast of Melanie Reddaway an Associate Lecturer at the Business School at the University of Adelaide. Melanie’s presentation Addressing the “reality gap” provides the results of a recent benchmarking study specific to product costings in the wine industry that she has recently completed and discusses worthwhile directions for [...]
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New CET Publication

By Cadence | Published: November 3, 2010
From the Environment Institute “Adam Langman and Gus Nathan from the CET recently published a paper in Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science. The title of the paper is ‘Influence of a combustion-driven oscillation on global mixing in the flame from a refinery flare’…”
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Wolves masquerading as sheep: the fallout

By Cadence | Published: November 3, 2010
From ConservationBytes.com “Well, we’ve managed to stimulate quite a lively conversation after dropping the Open Letter about Scientific Credibility and the Conservation of Tropical Forests regarding the questionable tactics employed by Alan Oxley and his industrial lobbyist organisations. Mr. Oxley has responded with vitriol, hand-waving, red herrings and straw men, and failed to address even [...]
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New hope for cerebral palsy prevention

By Cadence | Published: November 3, 2010
From the Robinson Institute “Robinson Institute researchers are a step closer to finding a link between genetic susceptibility to cerebral palsy and a range of environmental risk factors during pregnancy, including infections and pre-term delivery. Research shows that pregnant women who are genetically susceptible to infections and other environmental hazards could trigger cerebral [...]
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ARC Discovery/Linkage Project Funding for 2011 Announced $2M Awarded to IPAS members

By Cadence | Published: November 3, 2010
From the Institute for Photonics & Advanced Sensing “The Australian Research Council (ARC) announced successful grant applications on 27 October 2010. Please see article “Female researchers the new shining lights” by the Australian where IPAS starred. Congratulations to the following IPAS members who were successful in their applications…”
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