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7th April 2013 Archive

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  • Australia IS NOT educating more personal trainers than IT pros

    Mythbusting Real data shows more people study IT than The Biggest Loser

    A little over a month ago, Nigel Dalton, CIO at the REA Group and blogger, popped out a post titled “Australia is training more personal trainers than IT professionals – really?” That blog post has since been reported by another IT news outlet. There’s nothing wrong with basing a news story on a blog post. Except when the …

    Jobs 7 Apr 19:46

  • Panasonic develops DNA-scanning 'lab-on-a-chip'

    Could speed detection of disease and more effective drug prescriptions

    Boffins at Japanese IT giant Panasonic have been showing off a “lab-on-a-chip” capable of rapidly analysing patient DNA so that doctors can quickly and easily identify disease and prescribe effective medication. The testing chip, developed with Belgium-based research firm IMEC, is less than half the size of a business card and …

    Science 7 Apr 20:00

  • NASA rules out leading new human lunar expedition

    Asteroids, Mars, take priority

    NASA isn't interested in leading any new human expeditions to the Moon - but the space agency may help other nations put boots on Luna under the right circumstances. The news of the NASA's, and therefore the USA's, disinterest in new human-crewed Lunar expeditions comes from spacepolitics.com, whose staff last week reported on …

    Science 7 Apr 23:12