http://www.sciencegadget.com/ Science Gadget en Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:13:00 GMT Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:13:00 GMT info@sciencegadget.com info@sciencegadget.com http://www.sciencegadget.com/garvan-st-vincents-campus-cancer-centre/ A brand new Cancer Research Centre is to be built in Darlinghurst, in the research and biotechnology precinct that has rapidly become the largest biomedical hub in NSW. Delta Goodrem... http://www.sciencegadget.com/garvan-st-vincents-campus-cancer-centre/#comments http://www.sciencegadget.com/garvan-st-vincents-campus-cancer-centre/ Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:13:00 GMT http://www.sciencegadget.com/hail-mary/ As I often complain about the lack of funding for medical research in Australia, it's only fair that I should recognise when money is wisely invested in this area. Today... http://www.sciencegadget.com/hail-mary/#comments http://www.sciencegadget.com/hail-mary/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:17:00 GMT http://www.sciencegadget.com/gold-that-is-worth-more-than-its-weight/ It's been a week since the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games finished. What was the focus of a nation (or at least Channel 7) for 24 hours a day for 2... http://www.sciencegadget.com/gold-that-is-worth-more-than-its-weight/#comments http://www.sciencegadget.com/gold-that-is-worth-more-than-its-weight/ Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:06:00 GMT http://www.sciencegadget.com/why-phelps-can-swim-so-bloody-fast/ It's science. First of all, he struggled with ADHD (attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder) as a child, and so by chanelling his seemingly never-ending energy into swimming laps in the... http://www.sciencegadget.com/why-phelps-can-swim-so-bloody-fast/#comments http://www.sciencegadget.com/why-phelps-can-swim-so-bloody-fast/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:22:00 GMT http://www.sciencegadget.com/thank-god-for-ohs/ Last week I saw a show on the ABC called Anaesthesia, which described how pain-free surgery came about. Perhaps the most striking thing about this great breakthrough in medical science... http://www.sciencegadget.com/thank-god-for-ohs/#comments http://www.sciencegadget.com/thank-god-for-ohs/ Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:42:00 GMT http://www.sciencegadget.com/who-will-be-the-next-einstein/ If I were to say "Name a famous scientist", what would you say? Most probably Einstein or Newton. Or maybe Galileo, Darwin or Copernicus. This makes me wonder, in a... http://www.sciencegadget.com/who-will-be-the-next-einstein/#comments http://www.sciencegadget.com/who-will-be-the-next-einstein/ Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:10:00 GMT http://www.sciencegadget.com/as-a-matter-of-fact/ I can remember clearly learning in science class during junior high school that there are 3 states of matter: solid, liquid and gas. Cool, easy, got it. Although working in... http://www.sciencegadget.com/as-a-matter-of-fact/#comments http://www.sciencegadget.com/as-a-matter-of-fact/ Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:13:00 GMT http://www.sciencegadget.com/save-the-tassie-devil/ The Tasmanian Devil is under threat of extinction because of a new transmittable parasitic cancer called Devil Facial Tumour Disease. With the first official case only identified in 1995, the... http://www.sciencegadget.com/save-the-tassie-devil/#comments http://www.sciencegadget.com/save-the-tassie-devil/ Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:39:00 GMT http://www.sciencegadget.com/show-me-the-money/ Australia is becoming a healthier nation with a very high life expectancy, only second to that of Japan! Continued investment in medical research and development is critical for both our... http://www.sciencegadget.com/show-me-the-money/#comments http://www.sciencegadget.com/show-me-the-money/ Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:07:00 GMT http://www.sciencegadget.com/funny-name-serious-stuff/ These days in science so much of the research is conducted through group work and collaborative efforts that new findings, ideas and data are now rarely named after their discoverer... http://www.sciencegadget.com/funny-name-serious-stuff/#comments http://www.sciencegadget.com/funny-name-serious-stuff/ Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:54:00 GMT http://www.sciencegadget.com/aliens-are-real/ This is something that I learned and will always remember, from my Astronomy 101 class in my first year of uni. If the universe was the size of my Astronomy... http://www.sciencegadget.com/aliens-are-real/#comments http://www.sciencegadget.com/aliens-are-real/ Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:02:00 GMT http://www.sciencegadget.com/can-cancer-be-cool/ Cancer directly affects 1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women in Australia by the age of 85. This isn't cool. Most of us know someone, be it family... http://www.sciencegadget.com/can-cancer-be-cool/#comments http://www.sciencegadget.com/can-cancer-be-cool/ Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:01:00 GMT