Tracy Ainsworth James Cook University Coral interactions more complex than ever suspected. Dr Tracy Ainsworth’s research is changing our understanding of the life of the tiny coral animals that built Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef. Her work comes at a critical time for the future of coral reefs—threatened by a warming ocean and by coral […]
Can we save the tiger with mathematics?
Eve McDonald-Madden The University of Queensland Turning to mathematics to allow us to make smarter conservation decisions. The diversity of life on Earth underpins the global economy. But we’re losing biodiversity at an unprecedented rate and human-induced climate change will threaten more species—up to 37 per cent of the plants and animals with which we […]
A smarter way to deliver drugs
Georgina Such The University of Melbourne Smart capsules could change the way we deliver drugs. Today, when we’re treated for cancer, the drug spreads throughout the body indiscriminately. Along the way it causes side-effects such as nausea and hair loss. To tackle this problem Georgina imagines a miniscule capsule designed like a set of Russian […]
L’Oréal Australia Girls in Science forum
On Wednesday 24 August the three L’Oréal Fellows visited the Australian Synchrotron for the L’Oréal Australia Girls in Science school forums.
The three fellows presented their research to over 160 high achieving female students in year’s 9-12.
The students then had the opportunity to ask the fellows questions about their day to day life, how they got to where they are now and their research.
The AIP Women in Physics lecture tour: Tamara Davis on ‘The dark side of the Universe’
Tamara Davis, an award-winning astrophysicist from the University of Queensland, is the 2011 Australian Institute of Physics Women in Physics lecturer. Tamara, who was a 2009 L’Oréal Australia For Women in Science Fellow, is giving public talks and talks to school students on the search for dark matter and dark energy in the Universe [Read more…] about The AIP Women in Physics lecture tour: Tamara Davis on ‘The dark side of the Universe’
Giving birth to depression, one psychiatrist for half a million people and other stories
Today at the 3rd World Congress of Asian Psychiatry in Melbourne this week, we explore treating mental illness with exercise, diet, mindfulness, meditation, complementary medicines and seafood. Is it time to go back to basics in treating mood disorders?
More on the Congress below. [Read more…] about Giving birth to depression, one psychiatrist for half a million people and other stories
Botany and religion agree on Latin
- What is acacia?
- No plants…no humanity – call for action
- And other stories from the XVIII International Botanical Congress
Over 2,000 plant scientists from 73 nations adopted a series of motions at the conclusion of the XVIII International Botanical Congress in Melbourne on Saturday, 30 July.
Depression, yoga, tsunamis and Asian Psychiatry
This week, Melbourne is hosting the 3rd World Congress of Asian Psychiatry, exploring the interaction of Western and Eastern traditions.
Asia has many mental health challenges. Some countries face rapid economic growth, westernisation and associated mental health issues. [Read more…] about Depression, yoga, tsunamis and Asian Psychiatry
XVIII International Botanical Congress resolutions
Preamble
As many as two-thirds of the world’s 350,000 plant species are in danger of extinction in nature during the course of the 21st century. Human beings depend on plants for almost every aspect of life, and our expectations of using them to build more sustainable, healthier, and better lives in the future. [Read more…] about XVIII International Botanical Congress resolutions
An end to rust, war on willows, protecting the potato and more – Friday at the International Botanical Congress
- An end to rust?
- iPhones talking to the trees
- Protecting the potato
- War on willows