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In search of the perfect leader: Selecting the next CEO

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On most days of the week, the business news will carry a story of at least one Fortune 500 CEO leaving their role; some for the next big role in […]

Insights into the complex world of amorphous solids

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Solid materials come in many different varieties, from highly rigid, ordered crystalline materials to the more slippery, irregular world of amorphous solids. While we have good theories for understanding the […]

Water and planetary health: Protecting the lifeblood of human civilisation

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Water is the lifeblood of planetary health and human civilisation. As a critical source of fresh water, rivers underpin civilisations, past and present. However, rivers constantly change in response to […]

Could functional oils solve the antibiotic resistance problem?

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Antibiotics have traditionally been used to control disease in farmed animals, such as broiler chickens and cattle. However, with the rise in antibiotic resistance, many countries have banned the use of […]

How Industry 4.0 affects SMEs in Germany and China

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The world has experienced three industrial revolutions in 250 years. Each has radically changed both manufacturing processes and our working and daily lives. Now we are on the threshold of a […]

Climate risk mapping provides rice growers with adaptation options in the Mekong River Delta

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The Mekong River Delta in Vietnam accounts for over half of the country’s domestic rice production yet is increasingly affected by climate change. Mr Le Thanh Tung, Mr Bui Tan […]

Growing soybean in Canada: Collaborative genomics research

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The collaborative research initiative, SoyaGen, was launched officially in October 2015 to develop soybean as a valuable and viable crop in Canada. François Belzile and Richard Bélanger of the Université […]

Towards a new model of academic publishing

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Academic publishing: the dinosaur in the room Technological advances in the past 20 years – principally the internet – have changed our lives beyond what we could ever have imagined. […]

Smashing assumptions: Supporting and celebrating female scientists and technologists

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Science and Technology in Australia (STA) are one of many organisations who have recognised the difficulties women can face in the world of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). With the […]

Unravelling the secrets of the cell with suspended microchannel resonators

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Researchers can learn much about the properties of many materials simply by weighing them. In cell biology, repeatedly measuring the mass of a cell reveals how fast the cell grows. […]