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NEWS IN BRIEF PROFESSOR Ian
Ritchie has won the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM)
President’s Award for 2000. This award, which is chosen by
his peers, acknowledges Professor Ritchie as one of the top hydrometallurgical
researchers in the world. It also applauds Professor Ritchie’s
creation for the AJ Parker CRC into the world’s pre-eminent hydrometallurgical
research organisation.
ASSOCIATE Professor John Webb has been appointed to the Australian National Commission for UNESCO in the area of natural sciences. His appointment will run until the end of 2001, and will involve advising the Government on UNESCO matters. PROFESSOR Mike Innes has been appointed as the Director of Science within the Australian Psychological Society, with responsibility for the development and support of the scientific discipline of psychology.
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GOLDEN AGE OF MURDOCH
RESEARCHIN 1983, a small project into the relatively new technology of carbon-in-pulp processing for gold extraction began at Murdoch University. >> more information on golden age of Murdoch research |
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LIFTING THE MASK
FROM PARASITIC THREAT IF only Sydney had listened when they were held hostage by tiny organisms two years ago. >> more information on lifting the mask from parasitic threat |
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MORGAN RECEIVES NATIONAL
SCIENCE PRIZE FROM PM MURDOCH molecular biologist Dr Una Morgan has won the Minister’s Prize for Achievement in Science for her nationally and internationally-recognised work on the opportunistic waterborne pathogen cryptosporidium. >> more information on national science prize |
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MURDOCH IS CENTRAL
LINK FOR WA BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH THE establishment of the Western Australian State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre (SABC) at Murdoch University in 1992 heralded a new era in molecular research in agricultural and veterinary biotechnology. >> more information on central link for WA biotechnology research |
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ADDING FUEL TO THE
TRANSPORT DEBATE DURING the 1973 oil crisis when Professor Peter Newman was a post-doctoral fellow at Stanford University, he noticed that cities around the world responded very differently to the potential fuel shortage. >> more information on adding fuel to the transport debate |
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BREATHING LIFE INTO
SINGAPORE'S HISTORY AS Singapore sets off on the fast track for the 21st Century, a Murdoch historian’s research has split the opinions of university departments and inspired a flow of cultural activity in the city. >> more information on breathing life into Singapore's history |
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THE NEW RICH PIVOTAL research into the emergence of the newly-rich in East and South-East Asia helped to place Murdoch’s Asia Research Centre on the map as a “think-tank” with real political and economic value. >> more information on the new rich |
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A 'FISHY STORY' FROM THE WA WHEATBELT SALT ravaged lands in the Wheatbelt may not be good for growing crops, but a long term research project at Murdoch indicates that the conditions are perfect for farming black bream. >> more information on a 'fishy story' from the WA wheatbelt |
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MURDOCH CENTRE HELPS
LAW TO PROGRESS WITH TECHNOLOGY CREATING the Asia Pacific Intellectual Property Law Institute (APIPLI) in 1995 consolidated Murdoch’s position as a major player in the field of law and policy research. >> more information on Murdoch Centre helps law to progress with technology |
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MALLEES ARE A CURE-OIL
FOR LAND AND INDUSTRY FARMERS’ attitudes to trees and mallees have changed – instead of clearing them to make room for agriculture, they are being increasingly regarded as a valuable crop. >> more information on mallees are a cure-oil for land and industry |
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MURDOCH STORMING
AHEAD WITH WEATHER RESEARCH THE computer sitting on Professor Tom Lyons desk today is more powerful than the whole university’s IT capacity when he started at Murdoch in 1975. >> more information on murdoch storming ahead with weather research |
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MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS TEST SHORTENED TO DAYS WITH NEW RESEARCH MORE than 30 years of research is coming to fruition for Associate Professor Bob Cook from Murdoch’s Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, having isolated a virus which could cause multiple sclerosis (MS). >> more information on multiple sclerosis test shortened to days with new research |
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NEW BOOK REVEALS UNDEFINED NATIONALISM IS A MAJOR SOURCE OF CONFLICT The recent trouble in Kosovo has brought the issue of ethnic conflict to the fore, supporting Dr David Brown’s view that nationalism is a major cause of civil unrest. >> more information on new book reveals undefined nationalism is a major source of conflict |
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MURDOCH TEAM WORKS WITH INDUSTRY TO WIN GOLDEN GECKO AWARD Murdoch University environmental scientists have teamed up with industry to win the mining category in the recent 2000 Golden Gecko Awards for Environmental Excellence, organised by the Department of Minerals and Energy. >> more information on Murdoch team works with industry to win golden gecko award |
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Editor Pepi Smyth Writers Lachlan McCrudden, Michael Peeters, Chris Smyth, Pepi Smyth, Marissa Williams Design Peter Roots Photography Grace Banks, Geoff Griffiths, Brian Richards All material may be used without permission but correct reference to persons quoted and the University is requested. Enquiries to The Editor, Synergy (editorcr@central.murdoch.edu.au)
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