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Monash researchers lead the way in blood clotting discovery

Posted on 27. May, 2009 by admin.

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A Monash-led research team has discovered an entirely new mechanism that promotes blood clot formation – a major breakthrough that will impact on treatment and prevention of heart disease and stroke.
The discovery is today published in the prestigious Nature Medicine journal.

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Predicting politics: Professors model prediction markets

Posted on 19. Jan, 2009 by admin.

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Political prediction markets — in which participants buy and sell “contracts” based on who they think will win an election — accurately predicted Barack Obama’s 2008 victory. Now Northwestern University researchers have determined that these markets behave similar to financial markets, except when traders’ partisan feelings get in the way.

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