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THE Australian National Research Council performs a useful service to its territorial men of science, and to a larger body of workers, by the publication of Australian Science Abstracts. This appears ...

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Important deadlines include February 1 and March 1, 2026, for abstract submissions, and April 12, 2026, for early-bird ...

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