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News | Archive (6 June 2009)

Archived news stories published on 6 June 2009 [chronologically, reverse order]
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Rare behind-the-scenes peek at national treasures
Rare behind-the-scenes peek at national treasures — Residents and visitors to Canberra are in for a rare treat this National Science Week (16-24 August) when CSIRO Discovery…
Engineers create 3-D material that can bend light backwards
Engineers create 3-D material that can bend light backwards — Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have for the first time designed 3-D materials that can reverse the…
Mass extinction of large prehistoric animals - a result of human hunting
Mass extinction of large prehistoric animals - a result of human hunting — Research led by UK and Australian scientists sheds new light on the role that our ancestors played in the extinction of Australia's…
Hubble telescope unveils colourful star birth region on 100 000th orbit milestone
Hubble telescope unveils colourful star birth region on 100 000th orbit milestone — During Hubble's 100 000th orbit around the Earth it peered into a small portion of the nebula near the star cluster NGC 2074…

'Smart' process may boost economics of biofuel production

— 15:24 GMT | Chemistry

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory believe they've identified a simpler way to generate biofuels - a one-step process to convert cellulose found in plant material and other biomass into a chemical that can serve as a precursor to make fuels and plastics. A simpler process means scientists can provide alternatives to economists and investors who are looking to make smart decisions about biofuel production as fossil fuel resources become more limited…

Scholars define the term 'global health'

— 15:19 GMT | Health

Despite increasingly frequent references to global health from media, scholars and students, the term is rarely defined. And when it is defined, it is often merely a rephrased definition of public health or an updated definition of international health. What, then, is global health?…

If at first you don't succeed, let the search engine try

— 15:14 GMT | Technology

No matter how good a search engine is, it is sometimes necessary to change the search terms to get the information you need. But what if you did not have to change the search terms yourself? What if the search engine could do that for you?…

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