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One of the nation’s leading experts on Covid lockdowns has weighed in on whether a snap shutdown in Melbourne is necessary.

Health by Samantha Maiden 27th May 2021 5:01 AM One of the nations leading experts on Covid lockdowns has questioned whether a snap shutdown in Melbourne is necessary, warning it has proven a "panicked" reaction by state premiers in the past. Deakin University chair in epidemiology Catherine Bennett has told news.com.au that while longer lockdowns were successful in "crushing the virus" in the past, the value of shorter lockdowns ...

News by Charis Chang 11th May 2021 5:08 AM Israel looks like it may have achieved herd immunity, with its aggressive vaccination program helping the country achieve a staggering decrease in coronavirus cases. The continuing decline in cases, despite the easing of lockdown restrictions, is being hailed as proof vaccination does work and the country may even have achieved herd immunity. The country of about nine million people bega...

Israel looks like it may have achieved herd immunity with its aggressive vaccination program — and it could spell good news for Australia.

News by Charis Chang 11th May 2021 5:08 AM Israel looks like it may have achieved herd immunity, with its aggressive vaccination program helping the country achieve a staggering decrease in coronavirus cases. The continuing decline in cases, despite the easing of lockdown restrictions, is being hailed as proof vaccination does work and the country may even have achieved herd immunity. The country of about nine million people bega...

New discovery paves way for crops to grow in damaged soils 11 February 2021 | The technology holds huge potential for farmers in the UK, Professor Sacha Mooney says Scientists have discovered a signal that causes roots to stop growing in hard soils which can be ‘switched off’ to allow them to punch through, a finding which may have ‘huge implications’ for agriculture. Researchers from the University of Nottingham have discovered that roots do not stop growing in hard soils because of p...

Study paves way for compaction-resistant crops >More in © Tim Scrivener New opportunities to create compaction-resistant crops that are able to grow in the hardest of soils could be on the horizon thanks to a scientific breakthrough. Researchers discovered how the plant signal ethylene causes roots to stop growing in hard soils. But this signal can be “switched off” to allow roots to punch through compacted soil. Researchers used X-...

The discovery of just one coronavirus case was enough to plunge Brisbane into a three-day lockdown – but this was no ordinary infection.