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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
First aid courses key to burn knowledge and treatment
THE value of regular first aid refresher courses has been highlighted by a cross-sectional study, which shows recent first aid education is associated with improved burn first aid knowledge.
Agriculture & Food
WA land owned increasingly by conservation and mining
RESEARCHERS say an increasing amount of land in Western Australia is being managed for environmental conservation, howev...
Environment & Conservation
Fire history estimated for Great Western Woodlands
A NEW method for estimating the time-since-fire in infrequently burnt woodlands in the Goldfields has been developed by ...
Fisheries & Water
Geraldton audience treated to latest Antarctic research
AN Australian Antarctic researcher visited Geraldton, this May, as a part of the WA Museum's series of public lectu...
Health & Medicine
First aid courses key to burn knowledge and treatment
THE value of regular first aid refresher courses has been highlighted by a cross-sectional study, which shows recent fir...
Industry & Resources
Advanced test developed to detect risk of toxic drainage
WA’s ChemCentre has begun a research initiative to further understand and curb Acid Mine Drainage (AMD), one of the lead...
Space
Inner workings of supernova revealed: hi res images
THE highest resolution images ever obtained of a supernova remnant are giving astronomers insights into how these massiv...
Technology & Innovation
Cyber markers needed to stave off attackers
Humanitarian network systems and information should be marked with protective symbols to protect them from cyber warfare...
Aboriginal Science & Knowledge
Isotopic technique pinpoints Burrup rock art age
TWO Australian National University researchers have used a high-tech isotopic method to estimate the potential age of th...
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