Scientists develop printable lasers
01 Jul 2010 Leave a Comment
in Science, World News
By REBECCA BAKER 
CSIRO scientist Dr Jacek Jasieniak and colleagues from the University of Melbourne and the University of Padua in Italy developed the inks from semi-conducting crystals called quantum dots, which are about a millionth of a millimetre in diameter.
http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/scientists-develop-printable-lasers.htm#ixzz0sO7kHXVo
On this day in history: human genome completion
28 Jun 2010 Leave a Comment
in Health, National News, Science, Technology, World News
Asteroid Probe to land in Australia
08 Jun 2010 Leave a Comment
in Science, State and Local, University Matters, World News
By REBECCA BAKER
After travelling almost 2 billion kilometres to reach its destination on asteroid Itokawa, the spacecraft Hayabusa is due to land at the Woomera Prohibited Area in South Australia on Sunday night, carrying what scientists hope to be the first ever sample from an asteroid.
http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/asteroid-probe-to-land-in-australia.htm
Size matters: American Samoa tops ‘globesity’ scale
15 Dec 2009 Leave a Comment
in Health, World News
“ Size matters: American Samoa tops ‘globesity’ scale”
The article discusses people’s diet history and the impact of western imports into countries like Samoa and Kiribati as they have been officially crowned the ‘fattest’ countries in the world. The latest obesity report released by the World Health Organisation has found that 93.5 per cent of American Samoans are overweight or obese. Kiribati came second on the dubious honours list, with 81.5 per cent of inhabitants tipping the scales.
This story is news worthy because of its ‘currency’- health is always a hot topic- but obesity, over the last few years has come into focus, with reports like this becoming more and more common. Globally, there are more than 1 billion overweight adults, at least 300 million of them obese. Australia has been up there with the ‘fattest’ countries. Perhaps now we’re beginning to realise what a serious issue this is considering this turn of events?
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