Biotechnology and Food Engineering (BFE) Chemical Engineering, Monash University

Fifteen children in Finland were diagnosed with narcolepsy after receiving swine flu vaccine – but it could have occurred by chance

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In the last of his posts about photographing the eclipse, Dan Falk compares his analogue and digital images. But which does he think is best?

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The first advert for medicinal cannabis was aired on television this week in California. Is this a sign of things to come, asks Catherine de Lange

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It's a staple of cop shows, but the jury's still out on claims that a criminal's identity can be deduced from their modus operandi

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Part of a research for a vaccine against Devil Facial Tumour Disease, Cedric, a Tasmanian devil, has given in to the disease.(author unknown)

Quantum mechanics research with implications on everyday technologies are conducted in a room of ‘cold molecules’.(author unknown)

Part of a research for a vaccine against Devil Facial Tumour Disease, Cedric, a Tasmanian devil, has given in to the disease.(author unknown)

An airborne, live vaccine with a lifespan of two weeks is being developed, aimed to save buffalo and cattle from infectious diseases.(author unknown)

Using innovative methods and available data, disease outbreaks will soon be detectable at a quicker rate.(author unknown)

Ants travelling along a familiar route use their photographic memory to calculate how to stay on track say British researchers.(author unknown)

Astronomers think light from distant stars may be forming water on a dying red giant twice the mass and 700 times the size of our Sun.(author unknown)

Infection with tuberculosis can be diagnosed easily and accurately in less than two hours.(author unknown)

A new study finds that some users of the weight-loss pill Meridia may have an increased risk of heart attack or stroke(author unknown)

A new study finds people who are genetically predisposed to obesity may benefit most from physical activity(author unknown)

'Kicking like a girl' is a real phenomenon and may explain why females are more likely to suffer knee injuries in sports such as football, say US researcher.(author unknown)

Fishing industry threatens to destabilize stocks.(author unknown)

Researchers' efforts to collect samples at a fair raise ethical questions.(author unknown)

People who engage in mental challenges may stave off symptoms of Alzheimer's, but decline more quickly if subsequently diagnosed

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Barack Obama is finding that sometimes politics needs to put science in its place, says Daniel Sarewitz.(author unknown)