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Wollongong Central becomes Lego playground for school holidays

Just a day after Italy set a world record for the highest Lego tower at 35 metres, almost just many toy brick pieces have been moved into Wollongong's newest shopping centre. The Toy Brick Fair will showcase a large miniature city with light-up ... >> view original

Wollongong's Critical Arc eyes world with $3 million, equity crowdfunding ...

A Wollongong-based builder of personal safety systems, Critical Arc, will in July use VentureCrowd's equity crowdfunding platform to fill out a $3 million round intended to build on existing clientele in Australia, Saudi Arabia, the US and UK. Critical ... >> view original

Autism no barrier to full-time work for Wollongong man

Rocco's mum Sue was in the Wollongong Department of Education office to watch her son sign his contract as colleagues paid tribute to him. "It's absolutely fabulous because it's such an achievement over the years with him. "It's something that will ... >> view original

Wollongong Coal seeks to extend Wongawilli mine permit

Embattled Illawarra miner Wollongong Coal says it needs more time to extract coal from its Wongawilli works and wants the NSW government to permit mining for another five years, until 2020. The approval to mine six longwalls at Wongawilli Colliery was ... >> view original

Genome mapping could find a way to finally give blowflies the flick

Don't let its beautiful name and shimmering green body fool you. The Australian sheep blowfly Lucilia cuprina is a nasty parasite. But in mapping its genome, scientists hope to have gained the upper hand against one of the country's most insidious pests. >> view original

Perth Zoo health checks elderly python

PERTH Zoo is concerned about the health of its elderly reticulated python Cuddles, who has lost weight and body condition. WITH a length of five metres and weighing 46kg, Cuddles needed to be doubled up to fit into a CT scanner at Murdoch University, ... >> view original

'Smart Insulin Patch' Holds Promise for T1DM

A microneedle-array patch ("smart insulin patch") containing glucose-responsive vesicles, which are loaded with insulin and sensitive to hypoxia, can regulate blood glucose in a mouse model of type 1 diabetes. The findings were published online June 22 in ... >> view original

Virus Mutation Explains Poor Performance of Last Season's Flu Shot: Study

Now, researchers think they know why: a mutation that enabled some flu viruses to beat the vaccine. They found that mutations in a specific region of H3N2 viruses significantly decrease the effectiveness of these antibodies. That means the protection ... >> view original

Scientists find that music festival wristbands contain 20 times more bacteria than ...

Festival filth ... Scientists found that wrist bands contain sickening amounts of bacteria. Picture: Instagram: Jan.Viktor. IF you are one of those people who likes to collect festival passes like a badge of honour, you may want to think again. A study has ... >> view original

The real reason you wait for life saving medicine

EVERY week a drug company delays seeking approval for a new cancer medicine up to 156 patients will die, and Australian patients are waiting up to five months longer than the US and Europe. A government report has blamed drug companies for delaying ... >> view original