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
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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
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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
