Academia

China Increases Global Scientific Publishing Share In 2011

China is fast becoming a global leader in scientific publishing and scientific research, according to the Nature Publishing Index 2011 China published last week.

May 28, 2012

Fighting Food Allergies Through A Korean-Australian Collaboration

Food scientists in Australia and Korea are working together to develop innovative processing techniques that alter the properties of allergenic proteins in milk and food products.

May 18, 2012

CAS, John Innes Center To Establish Crop R&D Lab In China

A joint CAS-JIC Center of Excellence for plant and microbial research is planned in China between researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the John Innes Center.

May 17, 2012

Bristol-Myers Squibb And Tsinghua University Enter Research Partnership

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Tsinghua University of Beijing, China, announced this Monday the formation of a multi-year research partnership.

May 15, 2012

$2bn Needed To Achieve Abbott’s Language Vision

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has pledged to dramatically boost foreign language education in Australian schools.

May 14, 2012

Why Clinical Research Should Be Hacked

Australian researchers have called for the open sharing of clinical trial data in the medical research community.

May 7, 2012

Unlocking The Secrets Of Indonesia’s Temulawak Plant

Scientists from Australia and Indonesia will work together to extract medicinal compounds from a range of native Indonesian herbs, starting with the Temulawak.

May 4, 2012

OPINION: Rethinking Science Education In India

Prof. K. P. Mohanan discusses the key challenges for India’s science education, and how to help a significant number of these students develop into high-caliber scientists.

April 26, 2012

Monash University To Break New Ground In China

Monash University has signed a landmark partnership with China’s Southeast University, becoming the first Australian university to be granted a licence to operate in China.

April 23, 2012

Takeda Joins International Open-Source Drug Research Consortium

Takeda Pharma has joined the Structural Genomics Consortium to fund collective drug research aimed at bringing new, more effective medicines to market faster.

April 12, 2012