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The Royal Society has rebuffed the British government on its plan to reorganize the courses followed by graduate students, but both parties should be more concerned with undergraduate courses.
Panda conservation in China has been plagued by controversy and cultural and political differences. But international cooperation, together with new studies identifying the main threats, offer renewed hope for the species' survival.
Fears that biochemical ratchets as explanations of muscle contraction (among other things) would contradict the Second Law of Thermodynamics have been stilled by an interesting counter-example.
Highlighted this week — a handy device for replica plating microbial colonies on solid growth media, a kit for the direct colorimetric detection of hepatitis B DNA and a nonradioactive reverse transcriptase assay for the detection of HIV-1.
Multinationals are investing increasingly in local operations, with indigenous rather than expatriate managements. Scientific jobs are mainly filled by Australian graduates, many with overseas experience.
