2017 CSL Florey Medal – photos from the award night
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Sports psychology, underground farms, astro-poetry: 2026 National Science Week preview
Get ready for the festival that reaches more than 3 million people via 2,500 events. National Science Week returns from 15 to 23 August with stories for every round including entertainment, business, environment, food and wine, Indigenous media, the Arts, health, technology, farming and agriculture, lifestyle, education, and disability media. Talk to us now for…
Amateurs find 100 distant planets. And a giant ring that shouldn’t be.
Gippsland, Coffs Harbour and Brisbane amateur astronomers, each inspired by the Apollo missions, honoured by Australia’s professional astronomers. Each received the Page Medal for discoveries that have guided humanity’s big telescopes. The Gippsland planet hunter Chris Stockdale co-discovered an ‘ultra-hot Neptune’, four ‘super Jupiters’ and several potentially Earth-like planets, all orbiting distant stars. He has…
Australia’s quantum edge: the unseen engine powering sovereign capability
Australia’s leadership in quantum science is no accident. It is the product of decades of bipartisan Federal Government investment in research, matched with sustained support for the critical infrastructure that enables discovery to move from theory to application. At the heart of this effort is the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS), a long-term commitment to…
Help your brain filter out tinnitus and get your life back this Tinnitus Awareness Week
Experts available to talk about tinnitus, their family experience, and how new tools can make a difference for millions of people. A free trial of the latest evidence-based therapies is available for Tinnitus Awareness Week. The seven-day challenge incorporates the latest research from Newcastle University in the UK along with research from Auckland University, the…
$129 million Care Economy Cooperative Research Centre starts work today
Who will care for me as I age? Who will care for my children so I can go to work? Who will support me so that I can participate fully in life? How can we help the carers? How can we guarantee quality and safety of care into the future? Can technology improve care and reduce costs?
Volcanic bubbles help foretell the fate of coral in more acidic seas
By 2100 Australian and global coral reef communities will be slow to recover, less complex, and dominated by fleshy algae, as high carbon dioxide changes ocean chemistry. An international study published today in Communications Biology has used unique coral reefs in Papua New Guinea to determine the likely impact of ocean acidification on coral reefs in the face…
