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Melbourne launches biggest campaign of its kind in city’s history
22 May 2013

The University of Melbourne has launched the largest philanthropic Campaign in its 160-year history, seeking to raise $500 million by 2017.

Art, Culture and Society History and Politics
Video
Do mining companies ignore communities' true needs?
22 May 2013
Medicine and Health Science
Small increase in cancer risk following CT scans in childhood and adolescence
22 May 2013

A study of more than 600,000 Australians has found people are at slightly greater risk of cancer after having a CT scan.

Art, Culture and Society History and Politics
Big miners’ community engagement doing more harm than good?
21 May 2013

The corporate social responsibility programs of big mining companies in remote towns are often disconnected from community needs, reactive and ad hoc.

Law International
Labor, Coalition are “failing” in Asia: Woolcott
20 May 2013

Neither side of federal politics has “managed Asia correctly” despite all the rhetoric in the past 12 months about the Asian Century and Henry White Paper.

Science and the Environments
Securing the future of biosecurity research
20 May 2013

Biosecurity research will be a major focus over the next four years with the University of Melbourne being awarded a $7.8 million grant to establish the Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis (CEBRA).

Video
Device Predicts Epilepsy Seizures
17 May 2013
Visions takes a closer look at a small device that when implanted in the brain can accurately predict epilepsy seizures in humans.
Audio
Giving off gas: Agriculture's role in greenhouse emissions
17 May 2013
Biogeochemist Prof William Horwath explains the impact that modern agriculture has on greenhouse gas emissions from the soil. Presented by Dr Shane Huntington.
Science and the Environments
CTRL+P: Printing Australia’s largest solar cells
16 May 2013

Scientists have produced the largest flexible, plastic solar cells in Australia – ten times the size of what they were previously able to – thanks to a new solar cell printer that has been installed at CSIRO.

Engineering and IT
Video
Transport infrastructure strategist Dr Chris Hale talks about infrastructure spending in the Federal Budget
15 May 2013