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Could you be on a no fly list
SCIENCE  1 Jan 2003

Could you be on a no fly list

In America, they are called "no fly lists" – a list of people that government and the airlines consider to be security threats. But how is such a list compiled, and how does someone like Senator Edward Kennedy end up on a "no fly list"? Professor John Kleinig recently received a prestigious American National Science Foundation grant worth US$243 000 to look at the way increasingly advanced surveillance technologies impact on privacy and autonomy.

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Here today, gone tomorrow
SCIENCE  1 Jan 2003

Here today, gone tomorrow

"One of the issues is how quickly digital information can disappear. We all know the frustration of coming across a dead link on the Internet. The life cycle of digital information is much more volatile than a printed book. We need to be pro-active about trying to preserve this kind of information," says Jake Wallis, Lecturer in Library and Information Management at Charles Sturt University (CSU).

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CSU signs agreement with Cambrian College in Canada
SCIENCE  1 Jan 2003

CSU signs agreement with Cambrian College in Canada

Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) international links will further expand this Friday (15 December 2006) when Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Goulter signs an agreement with Sylvia Barnard, President of Cambrian College which is located in Sudbury, Canada.

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Space age material to aid
SCIENCE  1 Jan 2003

Space age material to aid "green" CSU building

A ground-breaking material which helps regulate temperatures inside buildings will be used on the new academic offices to be constructed on Charles Sturt University’s Albury-Wodonga Campus in 2007.

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Serrated Tussock on the way out
SCIENCE  1 Jan 2003

Serrated Tussock on the way out

Serrated Tussock has the potential to bring sheep farmers to their knees, according to Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Mr Aaron Simmons. A postdoctoral research fellow at CSU, Mr Simmons is conducting research that will give local farmers new tools in their battle against this nationally significant weed in native pastures.

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Do World Cup cricketers need to be 'super fit'?
SCIENCE  1 Jan 2003

Do World Cup cricketers need to be 'super fit'?

Fifty one matches will be played during the 2007 International Cricket Council World Cup. How much of that match time will players spend standing, running, sprinting and jogging? Dr Rob Duffield, lecturer in the School of Human Movement at Charles Sturt University (CSU), knows the answer.

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CSU expert commentators on water management
SCIENCE  1 Jan 2003

CSU expert commentators on water management

The Prime Minister today announced that water allocations in the Murray-Darling basin will be frozen if significant rains do not fall in the next eight weeks. Once again, water is high on the national agenda.

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CSU wins $2 million for veterinary facilities
SCIENCE  1 Jan 2003

CSU wins $2 million for veterinary facilities

Charles Sturt University Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ian Goulter, has welcomed news of $2 million from the Federal Government for veterinary science facilities at the University’s Wagga Wagga Campus.

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CSU terrorism expert Googles bomb making
SCIENCE  1 Jan 2003

CSU terrorism expert Googles bomb making

A Charles Sturt University (CSU) expert in counter-terrorism has used the popular Google internet search engine to demonstrate that New Zealand and Australia are home to the cities where most 'make bombs' enquiries come from.

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