The discovery of a novel strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus able to jump from livestock to humans has sparked a multicountry effort to see how dangerous it might be.
The National Science Foundation has quietly folded a recent earmark into a competitive grants program, eliminating what seemed to be one states advantage.
Archaeologists are using Googles eye in the sky to bring covert activities to light, from prison building at Guantánamo Bay to looting in the Middle East.
Over the past 5 years, a handful of research teams have found that mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) could become cancerlike after growing for months in the lab. But three of these research teams have now discovered that the cancerlike cells they spotted are unrelated to the original MSCs.
Political tensions between Israel and the Arab world are threatening to overshadow an upcoming chemistry conference in Jordan. The verbal sparring has already created plenty of raw feelings and led to much finger-pointing.
Chinese astronomers thought they had their hands full, fine-tuning their complicated new survey telescope into next year. Now they have a more urgent problem: Light pollution could jeopardize its ambitious science program.
U.S. physicists want to take parts from their massive twin gravitational-wave detectors and use them to build a third detector near Perth in western Australia, greatly enhancing the experiments ability to pinpoint sources of gravitational waves, should such waves ever be spotted.
This week, a long-awaited paper about the link between a virus and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) finally saw the light of day. The study confirms a controversial 2009 paper that reported CFS patients are often infected with the virus, called XMRV.
Coral reefs are reeling from extensive bleaching in the Indian Ocean and throughout Southeast Asia. And although some hard-hit areas have cooled—offering hope that some reefs may rebound—other regions are just now heating up.
Until January 2011. Help us collect 50,000 pairs of shoes for children and adults in need - Donate your new or pre-loved shoes to libraries or Neighbourhood Service Centres today!
City of SydneyÂ’s annual Chinese New Year Festival is the largest Lunar New Year celebration outside of Asia. Registrations are now open - hold your own event as part of the Festival, or participating in the Twilight Parade on Sunday 6 February 2011.
The NSW Government Spring Cycle is AustraliaÂ’s premier recreational ride for all ages and abilities, with distances from 7km to 60km. The event finishes with a festival at Sydney Olympic Park.
