Australia’s largest medical research foundation has been criticised for prioritising “equality” over “merits” after cutting the University of Melbourne from future grants because the school awarded its honorary doctorates to six white men. The Snow Medical Research Foundation, which has donated over $90 million to medical research in the last two years and donated $16…
Leading Research Body Lambasted for Banning Melbourne Uni From Grants Over ‘Six White Men’ Award
March 13, 2022
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Uni Loses Grants for Awarding ‘6 White Men’ Doctorates
March 13, 2022
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Australia’s largest medical research foundation has been criticised for prioritising “equality” over “merits” after cutting the University of Melbourne from future grants because the school awarded its honorary doctorates to six white men. The Snow Medical Research Foundation, which has donated over AU$90 million (US$65 million) to medical research in the last two years and…
Airbus, Fortescue to Pioneer Hydrogen Planes
Aerospace giant Airbus and Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) have allied with the goal of creating a hydrogen-based aircraft by 2035. FFI, the green energy brainchild of mining billionaire Andew Forrest, has followed its founder’s ambitions in advancing carbon-free hydrogen as a fuel of the future. Both of the companies have ramped up efforts to research…
Australian Researchers Find Wheat Gene More Resilient to Hot, Dry Climate
Australian researchers have discovered a new method that could allow the growth of more wheat in harsher climates, according to a new report. Published in the Nature Climate Change journal, the research found a potential strategy revolving around sowing wheat earlier and deeper, by taking advantage of stored soil water. However, modern varieties of semi-dwarf…
Australian University to Collaborate with Moderna for mRNA Vaccine Research
March 10, 2022
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The University of Queensland announced its collaboration with Moderna to use mRNA research for vaccine development of diseases that pose risks of causing future pandemics. The university previously collaborated with CSL—a major biotechnology firm now responsible for the manufacturing of the AstraZeneca vaccine in Australia—on producing a COVID-19 vaccine. The deal was called off, however,…
Original Buzz Aldrin Moon Walk Photo Sells for $7,700 at Auction
COPENHAGEN—A series of original NASA photographs from the Apollo missions sold for a total of 1.16 million Danish crowns ($171,831) in an auction in Copenhagen on Wednesday. The 74 privately-owned photographs from the Apollo 8–17 missions included the famous one of Buzz Aldrin’s moon walk during the first manned lunar landing in July 1969, which…
Study Finds Resilience in Adults May Be Linked to Early Life Stress
Mental health problems in adulthood are commonly reported to originate from childhood adversities, but a study has found that people who experienced early life stress may instead develop resilience. Haeme Park, a senior postdoctoral fellow at Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) said not everyone who experiences childhood trauma will develop a higher probability for mental disorders….
Residents Evacuated as Volcano of Fire Spews Lava
About 500 residents evacuated voluntarily from the slopes of Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire Tuesday as red-hot rock and ash flowed down the slopes toward an area devastated by a deadly 2018 eruption. The National Institute of Seismology, Vulcanology, Meteorology, and Hydrology said in a statement that around 3 a.m. local time on Tuesday the volcano’s…
Illuminating the Dark Genome in the Fight Against Congenital Heart Disease
An Australian university researcher, investigating the relationship between a person’s genes and their propensity for heart disease, has been awarded an $8 million (US$5.8million) fellowship from the Snow Medical Research Foundation. University of New South Wales (UNSW) researcher, Emily Wong PhD, intends to illuminate the relationship between the ‘dark genome’—regions of a genome that are understood…
Ivermectin Linked to Less Deaths in COVID-19 Patients Compared to Remdesivir: Study
March 8, 2022
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In the treatment of COVID-19, ivermectin use is associated with decreased mortality compared to remdesivir use, according to a study published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases. Researchers at the University of Miami retrospectively analyzed a national federated database of adults 18 years old and above with a recorded COVID-19 infection between January 2020…
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