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New research highlights challenges of building networks for employees and entrepreneurs

  • Written by: Libby Sander, Lecturer, Bond Business School, Bond University
imageBuilding diverse networks with people different from ourselves allows people to access new information and resources. fruitnet/flickr, CC BY-SA

Social networks are essential to the success of both employees and entrepreneurs. Research shows that people with diverse contacts are able to access information that helps them generate better ideas.

In...

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Les Murray's death deprives football in Australia of its most passionate and inspiring voice

  • Written by: Roy Hay, Honorary Fellow, Deakin University
imageBroadcaster Les Murray, who has passed away aged 71, was the archetypal team member.AAP/Penny Bradfield

The death of broadcaster Les Murray at the untimely age of 71 deprives Australia – not just football in this country – of one its greatest supporters.

As the game nurtured him, so he helped football transform itself from a...

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Explainer: how to extend your phone's battery life

  • Written by: Jacek Jasieniak, Associate Professor of Materials Science & Engineering and Director of the Monash Energy Materials & Systems Institute (MEMSI), Monash University
imageWithout proper care, mobile phone batteries can degrade and hold less charge.Arthur Mustafa/Shutterstock

As mobile phone users, all we want is enough battery life to last the day. Frustratingly, the older the device, the less power it seems to have.

In fact, the amount of battery life our mobiles have on any given day depends on two key factors: how...

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Australia leads the world in hepatitis C treatment – what's behind its success?

  • Written by: Greg Dore, Professor, Head of the Viral Hepatitis Clinical Research Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW
imageTens of thousands of Australians have been cured of Hepatitis C since March 2016.from shutterstock.com

The Australian government has listed yet another drug to cure hepatitis C on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). The drug Epclusa® – a combination of sofosbuvir 400mg and velpatasvir 100mg – is the first of the direct-acting...

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  2. How farming giant seaweed can feed fish and fix the climate
  3. Is there such a thing as a 'true self'?
  4. Cancer immunotherapy drugs like Keytruda and Opdivo hold hope for some, but there's still a way to go
  5. Downsizing cost trap awaits retirees – five reasons to be wary
  6. Snakebites are rarer than you think, but if you collapse, CPR can save your life
  7. Ice causes death in many ways, overdose is just one of them
  8. Who are you calling 'anti-science'? How science serves social and political agendas
  9. Loss, trials, and compassion: the music of Australia's Jewish refugees
  10. Discontents: identity, politics and institutions in a time of populism
  11. Pig-hunting dogs and humans are at risk of a disease that can cause miscarriages and infertility
  12. Government calls for release of costings as Labor unveils trusts crackdown
  13. The government is backing the wrong industries, as our economy changes: Productivity Commission
  14. Turnbull's chief-of-staff is the new defence head
  15. Shorten pledges republic vote in first term
  16. Here's an important reason the gender pay gap isn't closing
  17. A delightfully playful portrait, a historic moment for landscape painting
  18. Boris Johnson puts on the charm offensive to entice Australia into Britain's post-Brexit future
  19. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Matt Canavan and dual citizenship
  20. Everyone falls for fake emails: lessons from cybersecurity summer school
  21. Stroke survivors and their carers often have poor mental health. Here's how we can help them
  22. Speaking With: Cameron Murray on grey corruption and the 'Game of Mates'
  23. Australian recycling plants have no incentive to improve
  24. How trade policies can support global efforts to curb climate change
  25. The restorationist impulse: why we hanker for the old ways
  26. Saving Sirius: why heritage protection should include social housing
  27. Friday essay: tall ships, tall tales, and the mysteries of Eugenia Falleni
  28. Paying CEOs with stock options doesn't drive their business strategy: research
  29. A guide to deconstructing the battery hype cycle
  30. Why are only some viruses transmissible by blood and how are they actually spread?
  31. Australians are now using cards more often than cash to pay for things
  32. Grattan on Friday: If High Court disqualifies Canavan, Joyce will be scratching for cabinet replacement
  33. A new look at a lost dinosaur dig in the Australian outback
  34. The healing power of hip hop
  35. The legend of Poūwa: ancient myths of New Zealand's black swan confirmed by fossil DNA
  36. How Dr G.Yunupiŋu took Yolŋu culture to the world
  37. Could too much sitting be bad for our brains?
  38. Politics podcast: Michael Cooney on an Australian republic
  39. Explainer: Matt Canavan and the process of obtaining Italian citizenship
  40. The off-topic Conversation #130
  41. China-India border dispute a grim sign for stability in Asia
  42. There's far more to the fair go than just economics
  43. The Knowledge City Index: Sydney takes top spot but Canberra punches above its weight
  44. School uniform policies need to accommodate students' cultural practices
  45. A focus on goals rather than behaviour is creating workplace monsters
  46. Politically charged: do you know where your batteries come from?
  47. Decoding the Music Masterpieces: Debussy's Clair de Lune
  48. Blood tests and diagnosing illness: what can blood tell us about what's happening in our body?
  49. Finally facing our water-loo: it's time to decolonise sewerage systems
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