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...There is no question that the large-bowel microflora [bacteria] are important for human health and that probiotics can contribute positively," says David Topping, a chief research scientist at Australia's premier science body, the CSIRO. "But there is much that we don't know about the nature of the benefits they give...
...Last year the CSIRO structural biologist took a batch of crystals, the product of months of painstaking work, to a synchrotron in Japan, only to discover they'd been destroyed in transit. But such disappointments, as well as the increasing difficulty of taking biological samples across security-conscious international borders, are over for Australasian scientists now that they have a latest-generation synchrotron in their backyard. So are the frustrations of traveling to facilities in the U.S. or Europe for a few days of precious beam time, then flying home to wait months for another opportunity...
...declared nuclear power "the only green solution" to the world's energy needs. The coal-fired power plants that generate 80% of Australia's electricity produce huge quantities of carbon dioxide, which bears much of the blame for global warming. Nuclear plants produce almost no CO2. According to the csiro, replacing three of Australia's 24 coal plants with nuclear ones would cut carbon emissions from power generation by almost...
...recent three-year csiro study of public attitudes to treated wastewater showed that science alone isn't enough to reassure people in a debate that's just getting started, says the csiro's Blair Nancarrow: "Scientists aren't just trusted automatically anymore. You have to have a partnership with the community." Next month's poll in Toowoomba will shape the future of that debate. But a yes vote will only make it the first Australian community to officially welcome recycled water into its kitchens. Richmond, on Sydney's outskirts, takes water from the Hawkesbury River, into which treated effluent...
...sample fee. Now, with the help of a Ph.D. student from Sweden, he is about to begin trying to extract dna from skulls collected in the 1960s and '70s - the oldest he's been able to find here or overseas - stored in twenty 44-gallon drums held by the csiro...