A new method of treating or preventing malaria has come to light with the discovery of the protein that makes the disease lethal. The parasite Plasmodium falciparum , that causes cerebral malaria,

A venomous Australian spider provides clues on how to make safer pesticides

An international team of geologists led by Peter Davies of the University of Sydney feel that Australia's

Australian chemists have developed a simple test kit, which could help prevent millions of Africans from being poisoned by the cyanide that occurs naturally in cassava, their staple

Wastefrom animal farms can now be recycled into fish food

Sewage treatment by filtration through a semi permeable membrane has proved successful

Biologists in Australia and Japan have genetically engineered tobacco plants so that they destroy their own seeds. They say the same technique should work in citrus crops. Anna Koltunow of the

The existence of laws and policies in Australia that affect wetland protection and rehabilitation has been ascertained. There is a diverse range of environmental legislation, primarily at the state level, that potentially affects wetlands.

if it was the rabbit before, it is now the cat which has taken Australia by its whiskers! Approximately 12 million house cats, another imported species, have multiplied in great numbers and have

In what seems like the ultimate contradiction in terms, even highly refined light suffers from

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