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From student to start-up – how a PhD can boost budding businesses

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageAcademia and business can learn from each other.Shutterstock

What should an undergraduate student who’s inspired to change the world do? Should they continue their education in a PhD or found a startup? I have recently done both – at the same time – and my experience suggests the combination is better than you might expect.

I have...

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HIV latency: a high-stakes game of hide and seek

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageUnderstanding where and how the virus hides on treatment is one of the biggest questions facing scientists working on HIV. ROLEX DELA PENA/EPA/AAP

The recent case of Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey, who relapsed nine months after “clearing” her Ebola infection, has raised concerns that the virus could cause relapsing disease in other...

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Newspoll brings more bad news for Bill Shorten

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imageBill Shorten's rating of 17% as preferred prime minister in the latest Newspoll is his worst. AAP/Lukas Coch

Malcolm Turnbull has widened already huge margins over Bill Shorten on satisfaction and better prime minister ratings while the Coalition has pulled ahead to lead 52-48% on the two-party vote, in Newspoll.

Turnbull has a 67-point lead over...

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  7. How to protect authors after Google Books wins its 'fair use' case, again
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  17. We need to stop Australia’s genetic heritage from being taken overseas
  18. Mummies have had a bad wrap – it's time for a reassessment
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  22. Indigenous recognition must scrap race powers in constitution: Shorten
  23. Where is the Australian Financial Services sector going?
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  25. Generational perspectives on international disorder
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How to Rent a Car for Uber in Melbourne: What Every New Driver Needs to Know

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