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Volume 153 - December 2008 - River Health and Water

Only a whole-system approach can save our rivers - Peter Crawford Making the rivers flow means ending over-allocation - Mike Young Recycling to help protect our rivers - John Radcliffe Delivering water for the environment - Ken Matthews What shape are our rivers really in? - Wendy Craik Science providing a sound basis for water decisions - Tom Hatton Climate change and water from the sea - Brian Sadler Water: forgotten in the food crisis - Colin Chartres A new dimension in engineering education - Peter North Global hunger: an opportunity for Australian leadership - James Ingram Getting to grips with convergence technology - Meryl Williams

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Volume 152 - October 2008 - Green Power

Carbon capture and storage barriers not insurmountable - Peter Cook Solar energy - the punter's choice, but is it realistic? - John Wright Nuclear options: many countries have faced the same issues - Ziggy Switkowski Photovoltaics: an elegant technology for electricity - Andrew Blakers Responding to climate change with accelerated energy technology - John Burgess Hot rock energy a likely source of baseload power - Martin Albrecht and Doone Wyborn Wind power can do it now - Mark Diesendorf Ocean power reaching a fork in the road - Tom Denniss Harnessing biomass to fuel Australia’s growth - Sharif Jahanshahi Converging technologies for biosecurity - Greg Tegart and Stephen Prowse Green light for grey buildings: new hope for old offices - Paul Sloman Policy vhanges necessary for a vibrant higher education system - Don Watts

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Volume 151 - August 2008 - Food for the World

Tackling the global food challenge - Julian Cribb Equity and morality in food and technology: biofuels or food? - Lindsay Falvey Biotechnology and research in nutrition and health - David Topping Food engineering for the future: a chemical engineer's perspective - Xiao Dong Chen The GM food issue: Australia in the spotlight - Matthew Morell Carbon dioxide and the oceans - Lance Endersbee Jobs growth and the demand for skills training - Fred Smith Social implications of the boom: a signpost for the future? - Daniela Stehlik

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Volume 150 - June 2008 - Biomedical Technology

Great research - how about some outcomes? - Peter Andrews Medical technology: prospects for the 21st century - Graeme Clark Biomolecular engineering: exploiting biological switches - Anton Middelberg Raising capital for our medical technologies and therapeutics - Carrie Hillyard Doing less, but doing it better - Merilyn Sleigh The journey from research to market with biomedicals - Deborah Rathjen Biopharmaceuticals: filling the gaps in Australia's capabilities - Peter Gray Urgent action needed on innovation - Peter Laver A globally trading, technology based Australia? - Trevor Cole DSTO: a century of public and private impacts - Dennis Cooper

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Volume 149 - April 2008 - Climate Change

The widening scope of climate change - Graeme Pearman Australia's climate response priorities need to change - Ken Dredge It's time to move forward - Brian Sadler Oceans of change - John Church Garnaut: general issues and particular interests - Gavan McDonell Flawed climate-change advice from big science - Brian O’Brien A case against climate alarmism - Richard Lindzen Hydrogen still has plenty of research challenges - Ian Rae

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Volume 148 - February 2008 - Innovation

An Innovation agenda for 2010: six key challenges - Ron Johnston Innovation central to UK success - Mark Dodgson & David Gann Commercialisation of university research: a two sided coin - Ian Williams Leveraging innovation: bringing the patent attorney inhouse - John Baxter Innovation rests on stimulating challenges - Alan Finkel Key strategies for the 'third mission' - David Brown STELR goes into Victorian schools - Peter Pentland Liberating the voices of science - Senator Kim Carr Where's new government's science background? - Trevor Evans Taking a hard look at the region's fisheries - Rob Lewis

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