Wed Mar 16, 2011
Reflections on Reactor Safety in North-eastern Japan
These are the personal views of Dr Don Higson, retired nuclear safety specialist and Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia, Fellow of the Australasian Radiation Protection Society
I believe it will eventually be understood that events over the past few days at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station in north-eastern Japan [...]
Tue Mar 15, 2011
ONLINE NEWS BRIEFING - TODAY (Tues 15 March) 3.30pm AEDT online
The situation in Japan is obviously leading the news agenda and so we’ve arranged for two experts to be available to answer all your questions on the situation with the nuclear plants and the potential health impact. These speakers are inundated with requests at the [...]
Tue Mar 15, 2011
Dr John Price is a former member of the Safety Policy Unit of the National Nuclear Corporation UK, formerly a Professor at Monash University and now a private consultant.
Tue Mar 1, 2011
ONLINE BACKGROUND BRIEFING - Wednesday, March 2 at 10.30am AEDT online
An independent committee is reviewing the Australian legislation governing the use of human embryos and therapeutic cloning in scientific research.
What will this review mean for stem cell research in Australia?
Wed Feb 23, 2011
Preliminary research in a study* with 47 participants suggests mobile phone exposure in long conversations is associated with increased brain glucose metabolism in the region closest to the antenna, though the finding is of unknown clinical significance.
Wed Feb 16, 2011
ONLINE BACKGROUND BRIEFING FROM TOKYO - Thu 17 February 2011 at 2.30pm AEDT online
Science fiction has long imagined a time when those who have lost limbs are able to regrow nerve and muscle cells into their prosthetic device, controlling it with their brain as though it were simply an extension of their body. Combining nanotechnology [...]
Fri Feb 11, 2011
Embargo lifted at 10.30am AEDT on Fri 11 February 2011
A study released today investigated small increases in risk of cancer for children who had x-rays at ages less than three months and in children whose mothers had undergone an x-ray while pregnant. Researchers measured the risk of childhood cancer overall, and leukaemia, lymphoma, and central [...]
Tue Feb 8, 2011
Embargo lifted 8am AEDT Tue 8 February 2011
A meta-analysis of 83 previous peer-reviewed studies links cannabis use with earlier onset of psychotic illness by an average of 2.7 years. The meta-analysis compared 8,167 substance-using patients with 14,352 patients who were not substance users.