Monday, February 06, 2012
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Fruit fly control trial sidesteps large-scale spraying Did Australia’s first people change today’s climate? Salinty and fungi compound growth stress in common beans Whale shark tagging reveals dive patterns Kimbeley marine survey catalogues 50 new algae species
Fruit fly control trial sidesteps large-scale spraying Monday, 06 February 2012 10:00 A NEW technique to control the Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Ceratitis capitate) is being trialled this season by Fruit West and the Department of Agriculture and Food.
Did Australia’s first people change today’s climate? Monday, 06 February 2012 06:00 WA researchers have found the land management practices of Indigenous Australians throughout history may have altered the current climate of the state’s north west resulting in a hotter and longer dry season.
Salinty and fungi compound growth stress in common beans Sunday, 05 February 2012 07:00 ONE of the world’s most highly produced food legumes, the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), has been part of a collaborative study that seeks to eliminate biotic and abiotic stresses that plague its growth.
Whale shark tagging reveals dive patterns Saturday, 04 February 2012 07:00 CONCERNS about the declining numbers and size of whale sharks visiting Ningaloo Marine Park have prompted an extensive tagging program by the Western Australian Marine Science Institute.
Kimbeley marine survey catalogues 50 new algae species Friday, 03 February 2012 10:00 PHYCOLOGIST Dr John Huisman has discovered three new genera and up to 50 new species of marine algae, all endemic to waters off the North West coast.
Cognitive impairment and heart disease subtly correlated
HEART failure is linked to a loss of cerebral grey matter and impaired cognitive function—a link exposed by researchers at UWA and the Western Australian
Exhibition melds science and arts seamlessly
A FISH-like creature that floats freely through dense mud beneath the city, a nitrogen oxide-inhaling being that descends to earth after midnight and a colony
WA's albino trapdoor spider makes top 10 of Nat Geo's weirdest life-forms of 2011
AN albino trapdoor spider discovered by chance in Northam has made it into the National Geographic editor’s 10 weirdest life-forms of 2011.
Language delay and prenatal testosterone exposure linked
PERTH’S Telethon Institute of Child Health Research researchers are the first to provide evidence for a biological mechanism underlying language delay, showing that boys exposed
Pregnant ewe scanning increases lambing rates
THE WA Department of Agriculture has found regular pregnancy scanning of ewes equips farmers to tailor their husbandry standards resulting in increased lambing rates.
WA to get road trauma support service
A CURTIN University study has recommended the establishment of a road trauma support service in Western Australia.

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