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Researchers may be motivated by impact but that is not enough to achieve it

  • Written by: Thas Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas, Director - Melbourne Networked Society Institute, Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Co-Founder/Academic Director - Melbourne Accelerator Program, University of Melbourne
imageAcademic innovators are learning to question project commercial viability and to shift their focus to solutions for which there is a demand. from www.shutterstock.com

Academics must demonstrate that their research has impact; they need to show that their publicly funded research is making a difference to society in some way. Whether through...

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What makes a successful marathon runner?

  • Written by: David Bishop, Research Leader, Sport, Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living, Victoria University
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Just a normal person, from a different planet, a planet from a different galaxy.

This is how Russian swimmer Alexander Sukhorukov used to describe the legendary US swimmer Michael Phelps. The same words could be used to describe most successful marathon runners: they’re very different from most people on the planet.

Body and physiology

For a...

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How The Bachelor turns women into misogynists

  • Written by: Suzie Gibson, Lecturer in English Literature, Charles Sturt University

Channel Ten is currently screening Australia’s fourth series of the reality TV program The Bachelor (2013-), a franchise imported and adapted from the US. The show seems a guilty pleasure for its mostly female audience, who live vicariously through contestants vying for the attention of Bachelor Richie Strahan.

Audiences are encouraged to...

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Can photos on social media lead to mistaken identity in court cases?

  • Written by: Paul McGorrery, PhD Candidate (Criminal Law), Deakin University
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When it comes to identifying someone allegedly involved in a crime there can be risks associated with seeing photos of people on Facebook and other social media, as the recent case involving convicted killer Adrian Bayley highlights.

Bayley was arrested in 2012 for the rape and murder of ABC journalist Jill...

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