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‘Tort’ Jamieson

By Ian D. Rae
David Collins and I wrote the biographical memoir of Professor John Swan (1924–2015) for the Australian Academy of Science and it was published...

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Sterile filtration of wine

By Geoffrey R. Scollary
In the April issue (p. 40), I introduced wine filtration as a controversial issue, controversial because many regard filtration as introducing an...

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Fighting creepy with crawly

By Samantha Nixon

The Australian sheep industry is crippled by drug-resistant parasitic worms, but the unique chemistries in spider venoms are showing promise as a new class of drenching agent.

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